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Firm size distribution and employment fluctuations : theory and evidence
Görg, Holger; Henze, Philipp; Jienwatcharamongkhol, Viroj - 2016
This paper studies the effect of the firm-size distribution on the relationship between employment and output. We construct a theoretical model, which predicts that changes in demand for industry output have larger effects on employment in industries characterised by a distribution that is more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561783
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Investment and Sources of Investment Finance in Developing Countries
Görg, Holger - 2007
This paper uses annual aggregate data for 36 low or middle income countries covering the period 1995-2001 to test the responsiveness of investment to the sources of finance under (un)favourable regimes for investment. Two sources of private investment finance are considered: private investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012730369
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Greasing the wheels of international commerce : how services facilitate firms’ international sourcing
Debaere, Peter; Görg, Holger; Raff, Horst - 2010
international sourcing of materials depends on a firm's productivity and the availability of local services. These predictions are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932606
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Greasing the wheels of international commerce : how services facilitate firms' international sourcing
Debaere, Peter; Görg, Holger; Raff, Horst - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008906343
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The heterogeneity of FDI in Sub-Saharan Africa : how do the horizontal productivity effects of emerging investors differ from those of traditional players?
Pfeiffer, Birte; Görg, Holger; Pérez-Villar, Lucia - 2015
This paper analyzes the horizontal productivity effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) from industrialized and …, and North Africa. We find strong evidence of horizontal productivity spillovers to domestic firms derived from foreign …-firm presence. However, these effects are clearly dependent on domestic firms’ absorptive capacity. The largest productivity effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010461743
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Why are Africa's female entrepreneurs not playing the export game? : evidence from Ghana
Ackah, Charles; Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife; Hornok, … - 2020
We explore the export performance of Africa’s underperforming female entrepreneurs, using the Ghanaian ISSER-IGC panel, a comprehensive dataset of manufacturing firms for 2011–2015. Uniquely, the data provides information about the severity of key business constraints, across both male and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012300585
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South-South FDI : is it really different?
Görg, Holger; Gold, Robert; Hanley, Aoife; Seric, Adnan - 2017
productivity growth between Northern and Southern FDI, irrespective of how the latter is defined. However, we find that employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011658781
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Organizational forms for global engagement of firms
Bogheas, Sprios (contributor); Görg, Holger (contributor) - 2008
do more than one of those activities. In our estimation we consider the relationship between productivity all the choice …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003757573
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Firm heterogeneity and choice of ownership structure : an empirical analysis of German FDI in India
Görg, Holger; Lauber, Verena; Meyer, Birgit; … - 2008
their engagement in already existing Indian firms. Most notably, the productivity of the German parents matters only for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003772206
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Spillovers through backward linkages from multinationals : measurement matters!
Barrios Cobos, Salvador; Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric - 2009
. -- Multinationals ; backward spillovers ; productivity spillovers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003883782