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productivity growth than other firms, including other host country suppliers of multinationals. These findings provide first …. -- backward linkages ; multinational customers ; suppliers ; forced linkage ; productivity spillovers …
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We implement a method to estimate the direct effects of foreign-ownership on foreign firms' productivity and the … indirect effects (or spillovers) from the presence of foreign-owned firms on other foreign and domestic firms' productivity in … in empirical studies examining a direct causal effect of foreign ownership on firm productivity, namely that of no …
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Using Difference-in-Differences estimation and data from the European Community Household Panel, this paper suggests that the fixed exchange-rate policy adopted by Italy in the 1997-2000 period has reduced the real hourly wage growth of Italian fulltime workers with permanent contracts, on...
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In an attempt to verify the pollution haven hypothesis, this study investigates the impact of environmental regulations on foreign direct investment (FDI). We use Korean outward FDI data covering the manufacturing sector for 2009-15. The study not only considers the stringency but also the...
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We examine the determinants of the decision to relocate activities abroad for firms located in OECD countries. We argue that particular firm-specific features play a crucial role for the link between employment protection and relocation. Stricter employment protection laws over time in the...
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things equal. Increased participation in higher education enhances productivity progress and is accompanied by rising wage …
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This paper examines the impact of trade liberalization on firms' product and labor market power. We estimate the prevalence and intensity of firm-level price-cost markups and either wage markups or wage markdowns. We take the dependence between these model-consistent measures of product and...
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We examine the Exchange Rate Volatility (ERV) response to the Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) shocks from a panel VAR …
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