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Contagious exporting and foreign ownership : evidence from firms in Shanghai using a Bayesian spatial bivariate probit model
Baltagi, Badi H.; Egger, Peter; Kesina, Michaela - 2018
. These findings are established through the estimation of a spatial bivariate probit model. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011822884
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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 …
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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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A model of heterogeneous firm matches in cross-border mergers & acquisitions
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Gerritse, Michiel; … - 2018 - This version: May 2018
knowledge transfers - from high to low productivity firms - between acquirer and target. Using the Melitz (2003) model of … transfers, where the latter leads to assortative matching on productivity for firms in cross-border M&As. This is in line with … stylized facts (because M&As frequently occur between firms of similar productivity) and in contrast to the proximity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011862878
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Debt financing and sharp currency depreciations : wholly vs. partially owned multinational affiliates
Hebous, Shafik; Weichenrieder, Alfons J. - 2009
-owned affiliates in periods of crises. This finding contributes to the evidence that FDI helps in mitigating the negative consequences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923516
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World market access of emerging-market firms : the role of foreign ownership and access to external finance
Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - 2013
. Applying propensity score matching to control for differences across firms in terms of labor productivity, size, etc., we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009772816
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Tax competition, the distribution of MNE's ownership and the wage formation process
Gérard, Marcel - 2002
This paper shows how the distribution of the ownership of multinational companies and the labour market conditions, especially the wage formation process, influence the outcome of interjurisdictional tax competition and coordination. In particular, it sets forth that equilibrium corporate tax...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408608
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Firm exports, foreign ownership, and the global financial crisis
Eppinger, Peter S.; Smolka, Marcel - 2020
The exceptional export performance of foreign-owned firms is a well-established stylized fact, but the underlying mechanism is not yet fully understood. In this paper, we provide theory and empirical evidence demonstrating that this fact can be explained by ownership differences in access to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012404685
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What is a foreign firm? : implications for productivity spillovers
MacGaughey, Sara L.; Raimondos-Møller, Pascalis; … - 2018
When searching for productivity spillovers from foreign firms, a firm is typically classified as foreign using a low … find no horizontal productivity effects using the low threshold direct ownership definition, we find positive and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011864500