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A touch of sophistication : FDI and unit values of exports

Harding, Torfinn; Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska - 2009

many countries. This study presents evidence suggesting that attracting inflows of FDI offers potential for upgrading a … sectors treated by investment promotion agencies as priority in their efforts to attract FDI. The sample covers 116 countries … over the period 1984-2000. The findings are consistent with a positive effect of FDI on unit values of exports in …

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Former foreign affiliates : cast out and outperformed?

Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska; Poelhekke, Steven - 2014

The literature has documented a positive effect of foreign ownership on firm performance. But is this effect due to a one-time knowledge transfer or does it rely on continuous injections of knowledge? To shed light on this question we focus on divestments, that is, foreign affiliates that are...

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The structure of multinational firms' international activities

Davies, Ronald B.; Markusen, James R. - 2020

The structure of a multinational firm, that is how its affiliates relate to one another, is critical for understanding where multinationals locate, how policy affects them, and their resilience to localized shocks. Here, we review the two main structures: horizontal investments which replicate...

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Per-capita income as a determinant of international trade and environmental policies

Markusen, James R. - 2014

International trade policy analysis has tended to focus on the production side of general equilibrium, with policies such as a tariff or carbon tax affecting international and internal income distributions through a Heckscher-Ohlin nexus of factor intensities and factor endowments. Here I move...

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Urban specialisation : from sectoral to functional

Antoine, Antoine; Markusen, James R.; Venables, Anthony - 2021

The comparative advantage of many cities is based on their efficiency in the production of "functions", e.g., business services such as finance, law, engineering, or similar functions that are used by firms in a wide range of sectors. Firms that use these functions may choose to source them...

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Exploiting complementarity in applied general-equilibrium models : heterogeneous firms, multinationals, capacity constraints, endogenous zeros

Markusen, James R. - 2024

Applied general-equilibrium (AGE) models have often made compromises to circumvent difficult modeling problems. One of these is avoiding endogenous zeros, ruling out important questions. Traditional perfect competition models: when do technologies or trade links switch from active to inactive or...

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Foreign direct investment as a catalyst for industrial development

Markusen, James R.; Venables, Anthony - 2008

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Does foreign direct investment increase the productivity of domestic firms? : in search of spillovers through backward linkages

Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska - 2008

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