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How do start-up acquisitions affect the direction of innovation?
Dijk, Esmée S. R.; Moraga-González, José Luis; … - 2021
relative to what is socially optimal. Moreover, prohibiting acquisitions may increase or decrease consumer surplus. The more …, the more likely is that consumers benefit (suffer) following an acquisition. These results are robust to acquisitions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012591323
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Efficiency effects of privatising refuse collection : be careful and alternatives present
Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Gradus, Raymond - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009720723
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Auctions for private congestible infrastructures
Berg, Vincent A. C. van den - 2012
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Horizontal multinational firms, vertical multinational firms and domestic investment
Namini, Julian Emami; Pennings, Enrico - 2009
We build a dynamic general equilibrium model with 2 countries, horizontal and vertical multinational activity and endogenous domestic and foreign investment. It is found that horizontal multinational activity always leads to a complementary relationship between domestic and foreign investment....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011377536
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The trade-off between foreign direct investments and exports : the role of multiple dimensions of distance
Lankhuizen, Maureen; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Linders, … - 2009
Investment (FDI). The conventional proximity-concentration theory suggests that FDI substitutes for trade if distance between … empirically the effect of different dimensions of distance on the choice between exports and FDI. We find that different … dimensions of distance affect exports and FDI differently. There is clear evidence of a proximity-concentration trade-off in …
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The tax treatment of interest expenditures of multinational enterprises
Ossokina, Ioulia V.; Vollebergh, Herman R. J. - 2000
This paper analyses the national tax treatment of interestexpenditures of multinational enterprises in a non-cooperative world. It is shown that the international tax systemgenerally leads to distortions in the capitaldecisions of multinational firms. In contrast to the existingliterature on the...
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Testing for marginal spillovers from foreign direct investment
Altomonte, Carlo; Pennings, Enrico - 2005
We develop a simple test to assess whether horizontal spillover effects from multinational to domestic firms are endogenous to the market structure generated by the entry of the same multinationals. In particular, we analyze the performance of a panel of 10,650 domestic and multinational firms...
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Former foreign affiliates : cast out and outperformed?
Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska; Poelhekke, Steven - 2014
The literature has documented a positive effect of foreign ownership on firm performance. But is this effect due to a one-time knowledge transfer or does it rely on continuous injections of knowledge? To shed light on this question we focus on divestments, that is, foreign affiliates that are...
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Functional and sectoral division of labour within Central and Eastern European countries : evidence from Greenfield FDI
Dogaru, Teodora; Burger, Martijn J.; Karreman, Bas; … - 2014
regions not only receive more greenfield FDI but also attract a larger variety of investments in terms of sectors and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337027
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Financial globalization and foreign direct investment
Poelhekke, Steven - 2016
This chapter provides a broad overview of the upward trends in financial globalization and foreign direct investment and asks whether and how financial globalization is linked with the foreign direct investment decisions of non-financial multinational enterprises. Several potential links and...
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