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Doerr, Sebastian; Marin, Dalia; Suverato, Davide; … - 2021

This paper develops a novel theory of capital mis-allocation within firms that stems from managers’ empire building and informational frictions within the organization. Introducing an internal capital market into a two-factor model of multi-segment firms, we show that international competition...

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The Costs and Benefits of Rules of Origin in Modern Free Trade Agreements

Ornelas, Emanuel; Turner, John L. - 2022

suppliers’ decisions to invest, and where underinvestment is more severe for higher productivity firms. A rule of origin offers … within the trading bloc. Such a rule alters behavior for only a subset of suppliers, as some (very-high-productivity …) suppliers comply with the rule in an unconstrained way and some (very-low-productivity) suppliers choose not to comply. For …

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The costs of organized violence : a review of the evidence

Skaperdas, Stergios - 2009

I critically review recent studies that estimate those costs of violence and conflict that can emerge among organized political groupings, from states, religious and ethnic organizations to guerillas and paramilitaries. The review includes studies that estimate direct and indirect costs due to...

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What drives the global land rush?

Arezki, Rabah; Deininger, Klaus; Selod, Harris - 2011

This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture. To do so, gravity models are estimated using data on bilateral investment relationships, together with newly constructed indicators of agro-ecological suitability in areas with low population density as...

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The business environment in the transition

Carlin, Wendy; Schaffer, Mark - 2012

Following the collapse of planning, new small and medium-sized firms rapidly emerged in all transition economies. Using … formerly planned economies with those in economies outside transition, we document not only the challenges faced by transition …

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Introduction: Productivity, networks and knowledge flows

Johansson, Börje; Lööf, Hans - In: Economics of innovation and new technology 24 (2015) 1/2, pp. 1-4

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ICT and resilience in times of crisis : evidence from cross-country micro moments data

Bertschek, Irene; Polder, Michael; Schulte, Patrick - In: Economics of innovation and new technology 28 (2019) 8, pp. 759-774

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CDM 20 years after

Lööf, Hans; Mairesse, Jacques; Mohnen, Pierre A. - In: Economics of innovation and new technology 26 (2017) 1/2, pp. 1-5

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CDM using a cross-country micro moments database

Bartelsman, Eric J.; Leeuwen, George H. van; Polder, Michael - In: Economics of innovation and new technology 26 (2017) 1/2, pp. 168-182

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Exploring the worldwide patent surge

Fink, Carsten; Khan, Mosahid; Zhou, Hao - In: Economics of innovation and new technology 25 (2016) 1/2, pp. 114-142

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