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This paper analyzes the effect of the removal of government guarantees on bank risk taking. We exploit the removal of guarantees for German Landesbanken which results in lower credit ratings, higher funding costs, and a loss in franchise value. This removal was announced in 2001, but...
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Foreign direct investments (FDI) are an important determinant of economic growth. Countries try to attract mobile …. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of foreign direct investment on regional inequalities. First, the …
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This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture. To do so, gravity models …-ecological potential as a pull factor. In contrast to the literature on foreign investment in general, the quality of the business climate …
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, a deterrent for foreign investors, this does not exclude the possibility that a high incidence of (certain) crimes may …
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We investigate the effects of short-term political motivations on the effectiveness of foreign aid. Donor countries …
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We analyze the effect of immigrants’ legal status on their consumption behavior using unique survey data that samples both documented and undocumented immigrants. To address the problem of sorting into legal status, we propose two alternative identification strategies as exogenous source of...
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This paper studies international joint ventures, where foreign direct investment is performed by a foreign and a … Chinese firms chosen to be partners of foreign investors tend to be larger, more productive, and more likely subsidized than … larger if the foreign firm is from the U.S. rather than from Japan or Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, while this effect is …
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bilateral OECD outbound stocks of foreign direct investment (FDI) from 1991 to 2002. For this, we compile annual information on …
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The bulk of International Finance Corporation (IFC) lending benefits companies from rich countries, and projects in countries with middle income. Large conglomerates such as Lidl or Mövenpick have been among its direct beneficiaries. This contrasts to some extent with the IFC's official...
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the choice of the capital structure in a setting where intercompany loans can be used to shift profits to low … multinational group on the use of intercompany loans, supporting the profit-shifting hypothesis. However, the implied tax …
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