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What is a Foreign Firm? Implications for Productivity Spillovers
mcgaughey, sara - 2018
When searching for productivity spillovers from foreign firms, a firm is typically classified as foreign using a low … find no horizontal productivity effects using the low threshold direct ownership definition, we find positive and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012913192
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The Effect of Terrorist Incidents on Capital Flows
Filer, Randall K. - 2013
Current literature shows a significant negative impact of terrorism on countries economies. We explore this relationship in more detail. Using an unbalanced panel of over 160 countries for up to 25 years and the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) we show a decrease in FDI as a consequence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089605
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FDI, Trade Costs and Regional Asymmetries
Darby, Julia - 2013
We set up a trade model where three countries compete for an exogenous number of firms. Our innovation lies in the geography of the model. Of the three countries, one is the hub through which all trade takes place. First, we establish the natural geography of the region, which is given by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013072512
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Credit Constraints and FDI Spillovers in China
Agarwal, Natasha - 2015
This paper examines whether credit constraints affect Chinese firms' absorption of productivity spillovers from foreign …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013035380
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Market Structure, Technological Gap and Vertical Linkage Effects from Foreign Direct Investment
Kadochnikov, Sergey; Drapkin, Igor M. - 2021
This paper is based on the model of backward linkages from foreign direct investment (FDI) Lin/Saggi (2003), where the market structure of the final goods sector is represented by a monopoly or Cournot oligopoly, and the supplier sector - by a pure monopoly. We extend this model by examining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316575
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International Joint Ventures and Internal vs. External Technology Transfer : Evidence from China
Jiang, Kun - 2018
This paper studies international joint ventures, where foreign direct investment is performed by a foreign and a domestic firm that together set up a new firm, the joint venture. Employing administrative data on all international joint ventures in China from 1998 to 2007—roughly a quarter of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915082
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Asset Ownership and Foreign-Market Entry
Raff, Horst - 2006
This paper examines the link between a firm's ownership of productive assets and its choice of foreign-market entry strategy. We find that, controlling for industry - and country-specific characteristics, the most productive firms (i.e., those owning the most assets) will enter through...
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Firm-Specific Characteristics and the Timing of Foreign Direct Investment Projects
Raff, Horst; Ryan, Michael John - 2021
how firm-specific characteristics affect each decision. We find that total factor productivity is a significant …
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Former Foreign Affiliates : Cast Out and Outperformed?
Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska - 2015
plants exist. The results indicate that divestment is associated with a drop in total factor productivity accompanied by a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030495
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Sources of Productivity Spillovers : Panel Data Evidence from China
Baltagi, Badi H. - 2014
This paper assesses sources of productivity spillovers in China's electric and electronic manufacturing industry using … important reliance on technology. In particular, the paper focuses on the role of other firms' productivity as well as … productivity shifters in affecting own firm-level total factor productivity. In addition, this paper examines the possible …
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