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Skilled emigration, business networks and foreign direct investment

Kugler, Maurice (contributor); Rapoport, Hillel (contributor) - 2005

In a global context foreign direct investment (FDI) and migration substitute one another in the matching process between workers and firms. However, as labor flows can lead to the formation of business networks, migration can actually facilitate FDI in the long-run. We first present a stylized...

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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...

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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 …

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A simple explanation for the unfavorable tax treatment of investment costs

Panteghini, Paolo (contributor) - 2006

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Growth, foreign direct investment and urban concentrations : unbundling spatial lags

Poelhekke, Steven (contributor); … - 2008

Cross-country regressions suggest that urbanization and FDI are important drivers of growth. However, it is not clear that primacy eventually hurts growth performance. Since it is tough to interpret cross-country growth regressions, we provide detailed evidence on the determinants of outward FDI...

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Institutions and offshoring decision

Nicolini, Marcella (contributor) - 2007

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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...

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Educational reform and disadvantaged students : are they better off or worse off?

Bishop, John H. (contributor); Mañé, Ferran (contributor) - 2004

This paper analyzes the effects of increased academic standards on both average achievement levels and on equality of opportunity. The five policies evaluated are: (1) universal Curriculum-Based External Exit Exam Systems, (2) voluntary curriculum-based external exit exam systems with partial...

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Why does educational attainment differ across US states?

Hendricks, Lutz (contributor) - 2004

The fraction of persons holding a college degree differs nearly two-fold across U.S. states. This paper documents data related to state educational attainment differences and explores possible explanations. It shows that highly educated states employ skillbiased technologies, specialize in...

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Will stability last?

Martin, Will (contributor); Rowthorn, Bob (contributor) - 2004

There is no consensus about the causes of the reduction in business cycle volatility seen in many major economies over the last decade. Using stylised models of the economies of the US, Euro area, UK and Japan, we argue that economic stability has been fostered by improved monetary policy and by...

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