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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 …
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Multinational labor demand responds to wage differentials at the extensive margin, when a multinational enterprise (MNE) expands into foreign locations, and at the intensive margin, when an MNE operates existing affiliates across locations. We derive conditions for parametric and nonparametric...
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, productivity and industry affiliation. These differences between foreign-owned firms and domestically controlled firms are highly …
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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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how firm-specific characteristics affect each decision. We find that total factor productivity is a significant …
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plants exist. The results indicate that divestment is associated with a drop in total factor productivity accompanied by a …
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aggregate productivity, resource allocation, and industry export activity along both the extensive and intensive margins. Using … productivity and shipping costs using Chilean plant-level data for a set of manufacturing industries. The estimated model is … consistent with the key features of the data regarding productivity, exporting, and importing. We perform a variety of …
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model predicts the impact of different patterns of state ownership and/or political connectedness on firm productivity …, and total factor productivity (TFP) using firm-level data for China between 1998 and 2007. We find, consistent with the …
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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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Research and Development (R&D) activities of emerging countries (EMEs) have increased considerably in recent years. Recent micro studies and anecdotal evidence points to industrialized countries as the sources of knowledge in EMEs. In this context, we examine ideas production and international...
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