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A touch of sophistication : FDI and unit values of exports
Harding, Torfinn; Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska - 2009
sectors treated by investment promotion agencies as priority in their efforts to attract FDI. The sample covers 116 countries … ; unit values ; FDI ; investment promotion ; industrial policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003922581
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On the main determinants of start-up investment in developing countries
Comincioli, Nicola; Panteghini, Paolo; Vergalli, Sergio - 2024
-up investment decisions. We find that, although tax rates are usually higher than the developed countries’ ones, taxation has an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014502465
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Back to Kyoto? : US participation and the linkage between R&D and climate cooperation
Buchner, Barbara; Carraro, Carlo; Cersosimo, Igor; … - 2002
The US decision not to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and the recent outcomes of the Bonn and Marrakech Conferences of the Parties drastically reduces the effectiveness of the Kyoto Protocol in controlling GHG emissions. The reason is not only the reduced emission abatement in the US, but also the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409394
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Tax competition with formula apportionment : the interaction between tax base and sharing mechanism
Kolmar, Martin (contributor); Wagener, Andreas (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003599282
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Integration and search unemployment : an analysis of Eastern EU enlargement
Heijdra, Ben J.; Keuschnigg, Christian - 2000
The paper develops a unified general equilibrium model including savings with overlapping generations, investment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781622
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The green industrial revolution : investment pathways to decarbonize the industrial sector in Europe
Zimmer, Markus; Hoffmann, Patrick - 2023
frameworks to study investment pathways consistent with a net zero industry transformation. We find that a mix of measures … investment efforts needed for a green transition of the analyzed sectors1 amount to EUR2.7trn until 2050 of which 8% or EUR210bn … reduction for the European industrial sector is estimated at 265 MtCO2 (-92%), which yields an average abatement investment of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014295121
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Technological imitation and innovation in New European Union Markets
Uzagalieva, Ainura; Kočenda, Evžen; Menezes, Antonio - 2010
foreign direct investment and multinationals in the technological progress of the region. Specifically, technological progress … that is due to innovation is driven mainly by affiliates of foreign firms and multinationals. -- foreign direct investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003966520
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The internationalisation of R&D and the knowledge production function
García-Vega, María; Hofmann, Patricia; Kneller, Richard - 2012
This paper considers the effect of acquisition FDI on the knowledge production function. We distinguish between acquisitions by MNEs from technologically leading countries and those behind the technological frontier. We show that both acquire similarly R&D intensive domestic firms, but there are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009503803
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Foreign ownership and skillbiased technological change
Koch, Michael; Smolka, Marcel - 2018
We conduct an empirical investigation into the effects of foreign ownership on worker skills using firm-level data from Spain. To control for endogeneity bias due to selection into foreign ownership, we combine a difference-in-differences approach with a propensity score weighting estimator. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011929606
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International joint ventures and internal vs. external technology transfer : evidence from China
Jiang, Kun; Keller, Wolfgang; Qiu, Larry D.; Ridley, William - 2018
This paper studies international joint ventures, where foreign direct investment is performed by a foreign and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011855593