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Much Ado About Nothing? Do Domestic Firms Really Benefit from Foreign Investment?
Görg, Holger; Greenaway, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
empirical evidence on productivity, wages and exports spillovers in developing, developed and transitional economies. Although …
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Do the Biggest Aisles Serve a Brighter Future? Global Retail Chains and Their Implications for Romania
Javorcik, Beata; Li, Yue - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
retail chains leads to a significant increase in the total factor productivity in the supplying industries. Their presence in … a region increases the total factor productivity of firms in the supplying industries by 15.2 percent and doubling the … number of chains leads to a 10.8 percent increase in total factor productivity. However, the expansion benefits larger firms …
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Institutions, Volatility and Investment
Besley, Timothy J.; Mueller, Hannes Felix - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
issue. It formulates an economic model of investment and uses data on the mean and variance of productivity growth to … in inflows when strong executive constraints are adopted in terms of the reduction in the volatility in productivity …
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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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Trade and Multinationals: The Effect of Economic Integration on Taxation and Tax Revenue
Kind, Hans Jarle; Schjelderup, Guttorm; Ulltveit-Moe, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
The rising importance of multinationals in the world economy has been accompanied by a rise in trade between affiliates of multinationals located in different countries, and by profits being shifted to low tax countries. The effect of trade barriers on taxation, intra firm trade and profit...
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Repeated Expropriation Contests and Foreign Direct Investment
Konrad, Kai A. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This Paper considers the incentives for foreign direct investment in transformation countries if actual expropriation is the possible result of a conflict between multinational firms and local or national governments. The Paper compares threats of complete expropriation and of repeated...
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When is FDI a Capital Flow?
Marin, Dalia; Schnitzer, Monika - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
In this paper we analyze the conditions under which a foreign direct investment (FDI) involves a net capital flow across countries. Frequently, foreign direct investment is financed in the host country without an international capital movement. We develop a model in which the optimal choice of...
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Developing Economies and International Investors: Do Investment Promotion Agencies Bring Them Together?
Harding, Torfinn; Javorcik, Beata - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Many countries spend significant resources on investment promotion agencies (IPAs) in the hope of attracting inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI). Despite the importance of this question for public policy choices, little is known about the effectiveness of investment promotion efforts....
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Location Choice and Employment Decisions: A Comparison of German and Swedish Multinationals
Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Jäckle, Robert; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
Using data on German and Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs), this paper analyses determinants of international location choice and the degree of substitutability of labour across locations. Countries with highly skilled labour forces strongly attract German but not necessarily Swedish...
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