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Minimum global tax : winners and losers in the race for mergers and acquisitions
Amendolagine, Vito; Bruno, Randolph; Cipollina, Maria; … - 2023
international taxation - on cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) involving large multinational enterprises (MNEs). First, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014279899
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International specialization and the return to capital
Batista, Catia; Potin, Jacques - 2010
How does factor accumulation affect the pattern of international specialization and returns to capital? We provide a … diversification. -- Economic growth and international trade ; Heckscher-Ohlin ; multiple cones of diversification ; marginal product …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003933636
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Predictability of asset returns and the efficient market hypothesis
Pesaran, M. Hashem - 2010
This paper is concerned with empirical and theoretical basis of the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH). The paper begins with an overview of the statistical properties of asset returns at different frequencies (daily, weekly and monthly), and considers the evidence on return predictability, risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003985756
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International terrorism, political instability and the escalation effect
Campos, Nauro; Gassebner, Martin - 2009
What are the main causes of international terrorism? The lessons from the surge of academic research that followed 9 … (the escalation effect) stressing domestic political instability as the main reason for international terrorism … avenue for future research than the available alternatives. -- Terrorism ; international terrorism ; political instability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824948
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National happiness and genetic distance : a cautious exploration
Proto, Eugenio; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2014
This paper examines a famous puzzle in social science. Why do some nations report such high happiness? Denmark, for instance, regularly tops the league table of rich nations' well-being; Great Britain and the US enter further down; France and Italy do relatively poorly. Yet the explanation for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010380028
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Global mobility and the threat of pandemics: evidence from three centuries
Clemens, Michael A.; Ginn, Thomas - 2020
Countries restrict the overall extent of international travel and migration to balance the expected costs and benefits … respond? A simple theoretical framework predicts that reduced exposure to pre-pandemic international mobility causes slightly … 2009. We find that in all cases, even a draconian 50 percent reduction in pre-pandemic international mobility is associated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389000
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Social interaction and stock market participation : evidence from British panel data
Brown, Sarah; Taylor, Karl - 2010
This paper uses data from the British National Child Development Study to investigate the relationship between social interaction and participation in the stock market through holding stocks and/or shares at the individual level. In accordance with the existing literature, the results reveal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003958900
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Say pays! : shareholder voice and firm performance
Cuñat, Vicente; Giné, Mireia; Guadalupe, Maria - 2014
shareholders with a regular vote on executive pay. We apply a regression discontinuity design to the votes on shareholder …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010414206
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Taxation and migration by the super-rich
Advani, Arun; Burgherr, David; Summers, Andy - 2023
Using administrative data on the globally connected super-rich in the UK, we study the effect of a large tax reform on migration behaviour. Prior to 2017, offshore investment returns for 'non-doms' - individuals tax-resident in the UK but with connections to other countries – were untaxed....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014339077
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Foreign acquisition, plant survival, and employment growth
Bandick, Roger; Görg, Holger - 2009
non-MNEs, and purely domestic firms before foreign takeover. The results, controlling for possible endogeneity of the … horizontal or vertical. We also find robust positive employment growth effects only for exporters, and only if the takeover is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003860906