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Cross-border and foreign-affiliate sales of services : evidence from German micro-data
Kelle, Markus; Kleinert, Jörn; Raff, Horst; Toubal, Farid - 2012
-border versus foreign affiliate sales. We find that for firms in our sample productivity is both a statistically significant and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009535116
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Former foreign affiliates : cast out and outperformed?
Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska; Poelhekke, Steven - 2014
similar control plants exist. The results indicate that divestment is associated with a drop in total factor productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010461272
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Sources of productivity spillovers : panel data evidence from China
Baltagi, Badi H.; Egger, Peter; Kesina, Michaela - 2014
This paper assesses sources of productivity spillovers in China's electric and electronic manufacturing industry using … important reliance on technology. In particular, the paper focuses on the role of other firms' productivity as well as … productivity shifters in affecting own firm-level total factor productivity. In addition, this paper examines the possible …
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Foreign ownership and skillbiased technological change
Koch, Michael; Smolka, Marcel - 2018
upgrading in foreign-acquired firms. We reveal substantial productivity gains within foreign-acquired firms and we show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011929606
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Anti profit-shifting rules and foreign direct investment
Büttner, Thiess; Overesch, Michael; Wamser, Georg - 2014
This paper explores the effects of tax provisions aimed at restricting multinationals' tax planning on foreign direct investment (FDI). Using a unique dataset which allows us to observe the worldwide activities of a large panel of multinational firms, we test how limitations of interest tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257227
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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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Asset ownership and foreign-market entry
Raff, Horst (contributor); Ryan, Michael (contributor);  … - 2006
This paper examines the link between a firm’s ownership of productive assets and its choice of foreign-market entry strategy. We find that, controlling for industry- and country-specific characteristics, the most productive firms (i.e., those owning the most assets) will enter through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301155
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Saving taxes through foreign plant ownership
Egger, Peter (contributor); Eggert, Wolfgang (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003462218
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Profit shifting by debt financing in Europe
Barion, Francesca; Miniaci, Raffaele; Panteghini, Paolo; … - 2010
This article aims at analyzing the link between subsidiaries' capital structure and taxation in Europe. First we introduce a trade-off model, which studies a MNCs' financial strategy and shows how debt policy allows multinational groups to shift profits from low-tax to high-tax jurisdictions. By...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003944704
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There's no place like home : the profitability gap between headquarters and their foreign subsidiaries
Dischinger, Matthias; Riedel, Nadine - 2009
Using a large data set of European firms, this paper provides evidence that operations at multinational headquarters are significantly more profitable than operations at their foreign subsidiaries. The effect turns out to be robust and quantitatively large. Our findings suggest that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003922612