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Entrepreneurship and the business cycle
Koellinger, P. D.; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003851112
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Identifying reduced-form relations with panel data
Vollebergh, Herman R. J.; Melenberg, Bertrand; … - 2007 - This version: September 13, 2007
The literature that tests for U-shaped relationships using panel data, such as those between pollution and income or inequality and growth, reports widely divergent (parametric and non-parametric) empirical findings. We explain why lack of identification lies at the root of these differences. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372978
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A Tourism Conditions Index
Chang, Chia-Lin; Hsu, Hui-Kuang; McAleer, Michael - 2014
This paper uses monthly data from April 2005 to August 2013 for Taiwan to propose a novel tourism indicator, namely the Tourism Conditions Index (TCI). TCI accounts for the spillover weights based on the Granger causality test and estimates of the multivariate BEKK model for four TCI indicators...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010227695
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The bicausal relation between religion and income
Bettendorf, Leon; Dijkgraaf, Elbert - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003233485
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Time-weighted difference-in-differences : accounting for common factors in short T panels
Schenk, Timo - 2023
This paper proposes a time-weighted difference-in-differences (TWDID) estimation approach that is robust against … DID estimation through balancing the pre-treatment and post-treatment unobserved common factors. To conduct valid … estimation uncertainty. Revisiting a study on the effect of a cap-and-trade program on NOx emissions, TWDID estimation reduces …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013540632
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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003851203
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Productivity gains from offshoring : an empirical analysis for the Netherlands
Butter, Frank A. G. den; Pattipeilohy, Christiaan - 2007 - This version: 19 November 2007
A major question in the globalization debate is whether outsourcing and offshoring activities are beneficial to the home country. This paper investigates the effects on productivity and trade from the perspective of transaction costs, using a recent theory on trade in tasks. A production...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373831
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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
To serve foreign markets, firms can either export or set up a local subsidiary through horizontal Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The conventional proximity-concentration theory suggests that FDI substitutes for trade if distance between countries is large, while exports become more important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378320
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Explaining the variation in empirical estimates of tax elasticities of foreign direct investment
Mooij, Ruud A. de; Ederveen, Sjef - 2005
This study aims to explain the variation in empirical estimates in the literature on the elasticity of foreign direct investment with respect to company tax levels. To that end, we extend the meta analysis of De Mooij and Ederveen (2003) by considering an alternative classification of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346456