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Foreign Direct Investment and Politics: The Swedish Model

Blomström, Magnus; Kokko, Ari - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

Sweden is home to a remarkably large number of prosperous multinationals. We argue that this is partly the result of industrial policies that have been biased in favour of large firms, and partly the result of an institutional setting where regulations and controls have facilitated investment...

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Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions and the Role of Trade Costs

Görg, Holger; Hijzen, Alexander; Manchin, Miriam - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have increased dramatically over the last two decades. This paper analyses the role of trade costs in explaining the increase in the number of cross-border mergers and acquisitions. In particular, we distinguish horizontal and non-horizontal M&As and...

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A Touch of Sophistication: FDI and Unit Values of Exports

Harding, Torfinn; Javorcik, Beata - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

many countries. This study presents evidence suggesting that attracting inflows of FDI offers potential for upgrading a … sectors treated by investment promotion agencies as priority in their efforts to attract FDI. The sample covers 116 countries … over the period 1984-2000. The findings are consistent with a positive effect of FDI on unit values of exports in …

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Productivity Convergence and Foreign Ownership at the Establishment Level

Griffith, Rachel; Redding, Stephen J.; Simpson, Helen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper investigates whether there is convergence in Total Factor Productivity towards the technological frontier at the establishment level. We find convergence to the frontier is statistically and quantitatively important, suggesting the existence of technology spillovers. Foreign...

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The Elixir of Growth: Trade, Non-Traded Goods and Development

Minford, Patrick; Nowell, Eric; Riley, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

Development and convergence is explained as the transfer of technology embodied in machinery, to the manufacturing sector of those developing countries that institute the necessary property rights. The process is modelled within a Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson framework with capital mobility and...

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Grossman-Hart (1986) Goes Global: Incomplete Contracts, Property Rights, and the International Organization of Production

Antràs, Pol - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

I survey the influence of Grossman and Hart's (1986) seminal paper in the field of International Trade. I discuss the implementation of the theory in open-economy environments and its implications for the international organization of production and the structure of international trade flows. I...

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Corporate taxes and the location of intellectual property

Griffith, Rachel; Miller, Helen; O'Connell, Martin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

The literature suggests that tax rates on mobile activities should fall to zero. Intellectual property is very mobile and has grown in importance. Firms can use intellectual property to shift income offshore and reduce their corporate income tax liability. Yet most intellectual property is held...

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A Nation of Poets and Thinkers - Less so with Eastern Enlargement? Austria and Germany

Marin, Dalia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Many people in the European Union fear that Eastern enlargement will lead to major job losses. More recently, these fears about job losses have extended to high skill labour and IT jobs. Using new firm-level data, this Paper examines whether these fears are justified for Austria and Germany -...

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Cash Flow Taxes in an Open Economy

Bond, Stephen Roy; Devereux, Michael P. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

Academic and policy debates generally consider levying tax on corporate profit on either a residence basis or on a source basis. We explore two alternatives, based on the location of consumption, rather than production – destination-based, as opposed to source-based or residence-based, taxes....

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Is Human Capital Losing from Outsourcing? Evidence for Austria and Poland

Lorentowicz, Andzelika; Marin, Dalia; Raubold, Alexander - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

Feenstra and Hanson (1997) have argued in the context of the North American Free Trade Agreement that US outsourcing to Mexico leads to an increase in the skill premium in both the US and Mexico. In this paper we show on the example of Austria and Poland that with the new international division...

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