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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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Foreign currency denominated assets and international shock absorption in Switzerland and Japan
Schnabl, Gunther - 2015
Currencies of countries with persistent current account surpluses and high foreign currency denominated assets such as the Swiss franc and Japanese yen are under a persistent appreciation pressure, what restricts the degree of freedom in the choice of exchange rate regime. Official announcements...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392509
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Economy wide impact of the trade integration between Japan and India : a computable general equilibrium analysis
Bhattacharyay, Biswanath; Mukhopadhyay, Kakali - 2013
Japan and India signed the much-awaited Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) on 16th February 2011. The …, the study evaluates the economy wide impact of the proposed CEPA between India and Japan at 2020. The study has used a … India and Japan in 2020 after tariff reduction compared to Business as Usual (BAU) scenario. A marginal export growth is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010227205
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Global engagement and returns volatility
Girma, Sourafel; Lancheros, Sandra; Riaño, Alejandro - 2015
This paper uses high-frequency data for publicly-listed Japanese manufacturing firms over the period 2000 to 2010 to show that a greater reliance on foreign market sales increases the conditional volatility of firms' stock returns. The two margins of global engagement we consider, namely,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405146
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Prospects of regional cooperation in trade, investment and finance in Asia : an empirical analysis on BIMSTEC countries and Japan
Bhattacharya, Swapan K. (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003364179
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Financial frictions and foreign direct investment : theory and evidence from Japanese microdata
Raff, Horst; Ryan, Michael; Stähler, Frank - 2015
We use Japanese microdata to examine how financial market frictions affect foreign direct investment (FDI). The Japanese land price bubble and banking trouble in the late 1980s and early 1990s serve as a quasi natural experiment to identify two possible transmission channels from financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010496990
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What determines fiscal policy? : evidence from German states
Berger, Helge (contributor); Holler, Anika (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003499703
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The taxation of passive foreign investment : lessons from German experience
Ruf-Leuschner, Martina; Weichenrieder, Alfons J. - 2009
The paper evaluates the working of German CFC rules that restrict the use of foreign subsidiaries located in low-tax countries to shelter passive investment income from home taxation. While passive investments make up a significant fraction of German outbound FDI, we find that German CFC rules...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003833331
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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