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Competition for FDI and profit shifting
Ma, Jie; Raimondos-Møller, Pascalis - 2015
When countries compete for the location of a new multinational plant they need to be aware of the profit shifting opportunities this new plant creates for the global multinational firm. By modelling explicitly the multinational's intra-firm transactions, we show that the home market advantage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469981
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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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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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Labour taxation and foreign direct investment
Egger, Peter (contributor); Radulescu, Doina (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003712504
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Preference bias and outsourcing to market : a steady-state analysis
Wang, Ping (contributor); Riezman, Raymond Glenn (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641680
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The economics of a multilateral investment agreement
Che, Jiahua; Willmann, Gerald - 2009
This paper models a multilateral agreement on investment (MAI) as a coordination device. Multinational enterprises can invest in any number of countries. Without a multilateral investment agreement, expropriation triggers an investment stop by the single MNE. Under a multilateral agreement,...
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The effect of FDI on job separation
Becker, Sascha O. (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003457459
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Firm-specific characteristics and the timing of foreign direct investment projects
Raff, Horst (contributor); Ryan, Michael (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003462031
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The effects of taxation on the location decision of multinational firms : M&A vs. Greenfield investments
Hebous, Shafik; Ruf, Martin; Weichenrieder, Alfons J. - 2010
In this study, we estimate the impacts of differences in international tax rates on the probability of choosing a location for an affiliate of a multinational firm. In particular, we distinguish between the tax sensitivity of Greenfield and M&A investments. Based on a novel firm-level dataset on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003974552