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Concentration and Competition : Evidence from Europe and Implications for Policy
Koltay, Gabor; Lorincz, Szabolcs; Valletti, Tommaso M. - 2022
competition policy is likely to face more challenges as large companies are becoming more common in more and more industries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013293852
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Think Global, Act Local! A Mechanism for Global Commons and Mobile Firms
Ahlvik, Lassi - 2019
It is tricky to design local regulations on global externalities, especially so if firms are mobile. We show that when costs and outside options are firms’ private information, the threat of firm relocation leads to local regulations that are stricter, not looser. This result is general and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012871745
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Globally Engaged Firms in the COVID-19 Crisis
Constantinescu, Cristina; Fernandes, Ana M.; Poupakis, … - 2022
This paper analyzes the initial impact and recovery of globally engaged firms from the COVID-19 crisis. It uses rich survey data of nearly 65,000 firm-year observations in 45 countries spanning three waves of data collection. The findings are organized in a series of stylized facts, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013291442
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Technology Transfer in Global Value Chains
Sampson, Thomas - 2022
Firm-to-firm relationships in global value chains create opportunities for North-South technology diffusion. This paper studies technology transfer in value chains when contracts are incomplete and input production technologies are imperfectly excludable. The paper introduces a new taxonomy of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013307214
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Multinational Production and Global Shock Propagation During the Great Recession
Li, Haishi - 2023
Did multinational production (MP) exacerbate or mitigate the collapse of international trade during the Great Recession? What role did MP and trade links play in propagating economic shocks across countries? I resolve the “Multinationals’ Resilience Puzzle” during the Great Recession by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014358332
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Local Global Watchdogs : Trade, Sourcing and the Internationalization of Social Activism
Koenig, Pamina; Krautheim, Sebastian; Löhnert, Claudius; … - 2021
feature of economic globalization. What determines the patterns of the internationalization of NGO campaigns? Stylized facts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013228853
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The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Stock Markets, CDS and Economic Activity : Time-Varying Evidence from the US and Europe
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Catik, Abdurrahman Nazif; … - 2021
This paper examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on stock returns, CDS and economic activity in the US and the five European countries (the UK, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain) which have been most affected. The sample period covers the dates from the first confirmed COVID-19 cases in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013211119
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Firm-specific characteristics and the timing of foreign direct investment projects
Raff, Horst; Ryan, Michael - 2006
This paper uses a proportional hazard model to study foreign direct investment by Japanese manufacturers in Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264039
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Competition and waiting times in hospital markets
Brekke, Kurt R.; Siciliani, Luigi; Straume, Odd Rune - 2007
This paper studies the impact of hospital competition on waiting times. We use a Salop-type model, with hospitals that … from the closest hospital (monopoly segment). Compared with a benchmark case of monopoly, we find that hospital competition … hospital competition, the effect of increased competition depends on the parameter of measurement: Lower travelling costs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264231
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Regulating national firms in a common market
Biancini, Sara - 2008
that supranational competition can have very different consequences on the rent seeking behaviour of firms, depending on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264297