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The determinants of foreign direct investment flows to the federal region of Kurdistan
Heshmati, Almas (contributor); Davis, Rhona (contributor) - 2007
The flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) has increased dramatically in the last two decades. However, the distribution of FDI is highly unequal and the competition among countries to attract foreign investors is fierce. This report investigates the determinants of FDI inflows to developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003646712
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The impact of opportunity zones on commercial investment and economic activity
Corinth, Kevin; Feldman, Naomi - 2022
A provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 offered tax incentives for investing in certain low-income areas in the United States called Opportunity Zones (OZs). The goal of this provision was to spur private investment in OZs in order to improve the economic well-being of their residents....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013187185
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Foreign ownership and firm survival : first evidence for enterprises in Germany
Wagner, Joachim; Weche Gelübcke, John Philipp - 2011
This paper documents the relationship between foreign ownership and firm survival for enterprises in Germany using … providing the first evidence on the role of foreign ownership for firm survival in Germany, one of the most important … for foreign owned firms in West Germany but not in East Germany. -- foreign ownership ; firm survival ; Germany …
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Exports, foreign direct investments and productivity : are services firms different?
Wagner, Joachim - 2011
developed country. It uses unique new data from Germany - one of the leading actors on the world market for services - that …
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Do foreign owners favor short-term profit? : evidence from Germany
Dill, Verena; Jirjahn, Uwe; Smith, Stephen C. - 2014
Comparing domestic- and foreign-owned firms in Germany, this paper finds that foreign-owned firms are more likely to …
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The hardships of long distance relationships : time zone proximity and knowledge transmission within multinational firms
Bahar, Dany - 2018
Using a unique dataset on worldwide multinational corporations with precise location of headquarters and affiliates, I present evidence of a trade-off between distance to the headquarters and the knowledge intensity of the foreign subsidiary's economic activity, emerging from dynamics related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011891832
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Foreign ownership and intra-firm union density in Germany
Jirjahn, Uwe - 2017
From a theoretical viewpoint the relationship between foreign ownership and unionization is ambiguous. On the one hand, foreign owners have better opportunities to undermine workers' unionization. On the other hand, workers of foreign-owned firms have an increased demand for the protection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011762256
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Do works councils inhibit investment?
Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - 2005
context of Germany where the works council is the analogue of workplace unionism. Using parametric and nonparametric methods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002591470
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Labor in the boardroom
Jäger, Simon; Schoefer, Benjamin; Heining, Jörg - 2019
study a reform in Germany that abruptly abolished this mandate for certain firms incorporated after August 1994 but locked …
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Quantifying optimal growth policy
Grossmann, Volker; Steger, Thomas M.; Trimborn, Timo - 2010
The optimal mix of growth policies is derived within a comprehensive endogenous growth model. The analysis captures important elements of the tax-transfer system and takes into account transitional dynamics. Currently, for calculating corporate taxable income US firms are allowed to deduct...
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