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International Coordination of Quality Standards and Vertical Product Differentiation
Lutz, Stefan - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003
. Under either alternative, standards can be found that increase welfare in both regions. The analysis integrates the choice … alternative that always improves welfare in both regions when compared to the case without regulation. Under certain cost …
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Pricing to market of German exporters: evidence from panel data
Falk, Rahel; Falk, Martin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1998
This paper investigates price discrimination of German exporters across different foreign markets. We examine the degree of pass-through of exchange rate fluctuations in the pricing of 70 export items. The model is estimated using panel data on export unit values. Parameter estimation relies on...
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The Effects of Quotas on Vertical Intra-Industry Trade
Lutz, Stefan H. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2002
welfare depend crucially on the direction of international vertical differentiation. If the foreign firm produces low quality …, both firms' prices and profits rise but domestic welfare falls. This describes well some major effects of a Japanese VER in …. Since domestic consumer surplus falls only unsubstantially, domestic profit gains lead to an increase of domestic welfare. …
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Mutual Recognition of National Minimum Quality Standards may Support International Convergence
Lutz, Stefan - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003
be used to increase welfare. The results of the one-shot game suggest that standards achieve initial convergence in terms …
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FDI and Taxation: A Meta-Study
Feld, Lars P.; Heckemeyer, Jost Henrich - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
Despite the continuing political interest in the usefulness of tax competition and tax coordination as well as the wealth of theoretical analyses, it still remains open whether or when tax competition is harmful. Moreover, the influence of tax differentials on multinationals' decisions is still...
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Kollektive Lohnverhandlungen und Auslandsdirektinvestitionen: eine empirische Studie mit Firmendaten
Peters, Ralf-Henning - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000
Diese Studie untersucht den Einfluss des Tarifvertragssystems auf die Entscheidung von Unternehmen, im Ausland zu investieren. Ein Lohnverhandlungsmodell zeigt, dass produktive Unternehmen durch Flächentarifverträge im Heimatland begünstigt werden und seltener im Ausland investieren als bei...
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The Effects of Regional and Industry: Wide FDI Spillovers on Export of Ukrainian Firms
Park, Sang-Min; Talavera, Oleksandr; Lutz, Stefan - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003
In this paper we investigate the effects of region and industry?wide spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI) on the volumes of export of Ukrainian manufacturing firms, using unpublished panel data from 1996?2000. Economic theory suggests that FDI has direct and indirect effects on firm?s...
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Form follows function? Evidence on tax savings by multinational holding structures
Dreßler, Daniel - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
I provide evidence on the group structures of multinationals and analyze to what extent these structures are tax efficient. While the corporate income tax can hardly be avoided if a subsidiary is active in a country, withholding taxes depend on the structure in which the subsidiary is embedded....
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The impact of corporate taxes on investment: An explanatory empirical analysis for interested practitioners
Dreßler, Daniel - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
The scientific literature provides evidence for an impact of company taxes on investments. Practitioners, however, have a skeptical view on the meaning of this effect. This paper builds the bridge between research and the interested practice by providing detailed descriptives and clearly showing...
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Which form of venture capital is most supportive of innovation?
Bertoni, Fabio; Tykvová, Tereza - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
Although there seems to be consensus in the literature that venture capital investors increase the innovation output of their portfolio companies, there is little evidence about how investor type (governmental vs. private) and transaction structure (syndicated vs. non-syndicated) moderate this...
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