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Spillovers through backward linkages from multinationals : measurement matters!

Barrios Cobos, Salvador; Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric - 2009

We argue that the measures of backward linkages used in recent papers on spillovers from multinational companies are potentially problematic, as they depend on a number of restrictive assumptions, namely that (i) multinationals use domestically produced inputs in the same proportion as imported...

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Suppliers of multinationals and the forced linkage effect : evidence from firm level data

Godart, Olivier N.; Görg, Holger - 2013

Using information on more than 1000 firms in a number of emerging countries, we find quantitative evidence that suppliers of multinationals that are pressured by their customers to reduce production costs or develop new products have higher productivity growth than other firms, including other...

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Who wins and who loses from state subsidies?

Du, Jun; Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Stepanok, Ignat - 2022

competitive. We implement an approach that allows for the joint estimation of direct and indirect effects of subsidies on … subsidized and non-subsidized firms. We find that firms that receive subsidies experience a boost for productivity. However, our … where other firms are subsidized. These negative externalities depend on the share of firms that receive subsidies in the …

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Industrialization lessons from BRICS : a comparative analysis

Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - 2013

To date there has been few systematic and comparative empirical analyses of the nature of economic development in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of structural change between 1980 and 2010, focusing on the...

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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 focus on short-term profit. This influence is particularly strong if the local managers of the German subsidiary are not sent from the foreign parent company. Moreover, the...

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Employment protection and firm relocation : theory and evidence

Dewit, Gerda; Görg, Holger; Temouri, Yama - 2018

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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Wage gains from foreign ownership : evidence from linked employer-employee data

Köllő, János; Boza, István; Balázsi, László - 2020

We compare wages in multinational enterprises (MNEs) versus domestic firms, the earnings of domestic firm workers with past, future and no MNE experience, and estimate how the presence of ex-MNE peers affects the earnings of domestic firm employees. The analysis relies on monthly panel data...

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Subcontracting and the size and composition of the informal sector : evidence from Indian manufacturing

Moreno, Ana Isabel; Pieters, Janneke; Erumban, Abdul Azeez - 2012

This paper analyzes the relationship between formal sector subcontracting and the evolution of the informal sector using nationally representative survey data of Indian manufacturing enterprises for the period 1995-2006. In these years of fast economic growth, subcontracting by formal...

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Do government subsidies stimulate training expenditure? : Microeconometric evidence from plant level data

Görg, Holger (contributor); Strobl, Eric (contributor) - 2005

This paper examines whether financial assistance provided by government induces firms to spend more of their own funds on training expenditures, using plant level data for the Republic of Ireland. We pay particular attention to the potential problems in such an evaluation study, namely...

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Creating jobs through public subsidies : an empirical analysis

Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric; Walsh, … - 2007

find differences in the employment response to subsidies between domestic and foreign-owned plants, with the former …

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