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Wage bargaining and multinational firms in general equilibrium
Eckel, Carsten (contributor); Egger, Hartmut (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003363961
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Welfare policy in the presence of unionised labour and internationally mobile firms
Rocha-Akis, Silvia; Schöb, Ronnie - 2010
In oligopolistic industries, increased cost saving opportunities via offshoring have a moderating effect on trade unions. In order to discourage mobile firms from leaving the country, unions accept lower sector wages. In effect, the negotiated wage becomes independent of workers' bargaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003966443
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Tax competition, the distribution of MNE's ownership and the wage formation process
Gérard, Marcel - 2002
This paper shows how the distribution of the ownership of multinational companies and the labour market conditions, especially the wage formation process, influence the outcome of interjurisdictional tax competition and coordination. In particular, it sets forth that equilibrium corporate tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408608
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U.S. multinationals and preferential market access
Blanchard, Emily; Matschke, Xenia - 2012
a three-way panel that spans 80 industries, 184 countries, and ten years (1997-2006). Consistent with existing theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009570705
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How far away is an intangible? : services FDI and distance
Davies, Ronald B.; Guillin, Amélie - 2011
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in services has grown significantly in recent years. Evidence of spatial relationships in FDI decisions have been provided for goods manufacturing by utilizing physical distance-based measures of trade costs. This paper investigates spatial interactions for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307953
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The location of cross-border mergers & acquisitions in the USA
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Marrewijk, Charles van - 2015 - First version: October 2014, this version: April 2015
neglected. In this paper we analyze the within country location-target selection of M&As in the USA. Extending Guadalupe (2012 … the USA for the period 1985-2012, we compare location choices of cross-border M&As to that of national M&As. We find that … across the USA than national M&As, and that for both forms of M&As location specific market access in the USA as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010515424
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Thin capitalization rules and multinational firm capital structure
Blouin, Jennifer L.; Huizinga, Harry; Laeven, Luc; … - 2014
This paper examines the impact of thin capitalization rules that limit the tax deductibility of interest on the capital structure of the foreign affiliates of US multinationals. We construct a new data set on thin capitalization rules in 54 countries for the period 1982-2004. Using confidential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010256736
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Global collaborative patents
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R. - 2016
We study the prevalence and traits of global collaborative patents for U.S. public companies, where the inventor team is located both within and outside of the United States. Collaborative patents are frequently observed when a corporation is entering into a new foreign region for innovative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561206
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Horizontal versus vertical interdependence in multinational activity
Badinger, Harald (contributor); Egger, Peter (contributor) - 2008
Recent research in international economics highlights the role of interdependencies of investment decisions and sales of multinational firms. Previous work focused on and provided evidence for aggregate flows or stocks of foreign direct investment, showing that interdependence declines in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003720587
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The three parties in the race to the bottom : host governments, home governments and multinational companies
Altshuler, Rosanne (contributor); Grubert, Harry (contributor) - 2005
Most studies of tax competition and the race to the bottom focus on potential host countries competing for mobile capital, neglecting the role of corporate tax planning and of home governments that facilitate this planning. This neglect in part reflects the narrow view frequently taken of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003297542