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Hierarchical Structure in Brazilian Industrial Firms : An Econometric Study
Facanha, Luis Otavio; Resende, Marcelo - 2021
terms of individual effects is largely consistent with the predicted effects from the theoretical literature on hierarchy …
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Mergers and Partial Ownership
Foros, Øystein - 2010
In this paper we compare the profitability of a merger to the profitability of a partial ownership arrangement and find that partial ownership arrangements can be more profitable for the acquiring and acquired firm because they can result in a greater dampening of competition. We also derive...
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Competition and Trust : Evidence from German Car Manufacturers
Felli, Leonardo - 2011
We explore the determinants and effects of trust relationships between upstream suppliers and downstream producers. Using unique survey data on individual supplier-buyer relationships in the German automotive industry, we show, by means of different measures of supplier-buyer trust, that higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129248
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Formal Contracts, Relational Contracts, and the Threat-Point Effect
Itoh, Hideshi - 2011
delivery is of value even when relation-specific investment is purely cooperative. In particular, there is a range of parameter …
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Sorting into Outsourcing : Are Profits Taxed at a Gorilla's Arm's Length?
Bauer, Christian - 2012
the tax code. This is because, in equilibrium, intra-firm transactions occur in firms that are better than the market at … input production. Moreover, market input prices include a mark-up that arises from the bargaining between the firm and the … independent supplier. Transfer prices set at market values following the arm's length principle thus systematically exceed …
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Promotion Rat Race and Public Policy
Bjertnæs, Geir H. - 2012
This study investigates whether excess effort to climb a career ladder justifies policy interventions. The answer depends on whether the government is able to levy a higher tax burden on career workers than on non-career workers. Both a tax on top income aimed at lowering the rewards of...
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Delegation and Interim Performance Evaluation
Schuette, Miriam - 2013
authority to a potentially biased but better informed agent. Assuming the agents' outside option to be determined by market …
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Incomplete Contracts and the Impact of Globalization on Consumer Welfare
Defever, Fabrice - 2014
We embed a North-South trade model into an incomplete contracts setting where the production of heterogeneous firms can be geographically separated. When a Northern headquarter contracts with a Southern supplier instead of a Northern supplier, the presence of international incomplete contracts...
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The Theory of the Firm Goes Global
Marin, Dalia - 2013
What insights can be gained from bringing the theory of the firm to the global economy? I discuss several new features of the world economy that can be explained by incorporating the theory of the firm into the theory of international trade. Among the new features I discuss are the move to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071383
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Do Multinationals Transfer Culture? Evidence on Female Employment in China
Tang, Heiwai - 2017
We study the global diffusion of culture through multinationals, focusing on gender norms. Using data on manufacturing firms in China over 2004-2007, we find that foreign affiliates from countries with a more gender-equal culture tend to employ proportionally more women and appoint female...
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