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Drivers for international innovation activities in developed and emerging countries
Schmiele, Anja - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009
used to observe their impact on the decision to locate innovation activities in various countries and regions (China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008469767
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Exchange Rate or Wage Changes in International Adjustment? Japan and China versus the United States
McKinnon, Ronald - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005
China or Japan, has no predictable effect on its trade surplus. Currency appreciation by the creditor country will slow its …-growth and low-growth economies, as between Japan and the U.S. from in 1950 to 1971 and China and the U.S. from 1994 to 2005 … growth. The qualified case for China moving toward greater flexibility in the form of a very narrow band for the yuan …
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Decomposing the cost of Kyoto: a global CGE analysis of multilateral policy impacts
Böhringer, Christoph; Rutherford, Thomas F. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2000
We decompose the economic implications of the Kyoto Protocol at the cross-country level, splitting the total economic impact for each region into contributions from its own emission abatement policy and those from other regions. Our analysis which is based on a large-scale computable general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098028
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Geographical and institutional distances in venture capital deals: How syndication and experience drive internationalization patterns
Tykvová, Tereza; Schertler, Andrea - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011
and offset their lack of within-country experience. The foreign VC's distance from the portfolio company ceases to be a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003571
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Innovation, employment growth, and foreign ownership of firms: A European perspective
Dachs, Bernhard; Peters, Bettina - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
This paper examines how foreign-owned and domestically owned firms transform innovation into employment growth. The empirical analysis, based on the model of Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse and Peters (2008) and CIS data for 16 countries, reveals important differences between the two groups: Due...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957608
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Trade and technology: New evidence on the productivity sorting of firms
Bertschek, Irene; Hogrefe, Jan; Rasel, Fabienne - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
Using a unique German firm-level data set, we provide empirical evidence for a productivity sorting along two dimensions: international activity and technology choice. We consider domestic and exporting firms and measure technology choice by firms' actual use of advanced information technology...
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Extending taxation of interest and royalty income at source: An option to limit base erosion and profit shifting?
Finke, Katharina; Fuest, Clemens; Nusser, Hannah; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
This paper discusses tax policy measures to reduce corporate tax avoidance by extending taxation in the source country without imposing double taxation. We focus on four options: Bilaterally restricting interest and royalty deductibility, introducing an inverted tax credit system, levying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957626
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Effects of territorial and worldwide corporation tax systems on outbound M&As
Feld, Lars P.; Ruf, Martin; Scheuering, Uwe; Schreiber, … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
Repatriation taxes reduce the competitiveness of multinational firms from tax credit countries when bidding for targets in low tax countries. This comparative disadvantage with respect to bidders from exemption countries violates ownership neutrality, which results in production inefficiencies...
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Transparency in financial reporting: Is country-by-country reporting suitable to combat international profit shifting?
Evers, Maria Theresia; Meier, Ina; Spengel, Christoph - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
Aggressive tax planning efforts of highly profitable multinational companies (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)) have recently become the subject of intense public debate. As a response, several international initiatives and parties have called for more transparency in financial reporting,...
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Profit shifting and 'aggressive' tax planning by multinational firms: Issues and options for reform
Fuest, Clemens; Spengel, Christoph; Finke, Katharina; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
This paper discusses the issue of profit shifting and 'aggressive' tax planning by multinational firms. The paper makes two contributions. Firstly, we provide some background information to the debate by giving a brief overview over existing empirical studies on profit shifting and by describing...
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