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rates. Using the World Input-Output Database (WIOD) we employ the proposed indicators to shed new light on changes in cost …
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We present evidence about the role of rent sharing in fostering the interdependence of labour markets around the world …. Our results draw on a firm-level panel of more than 2,000 multinationals and more than 5,000 of their affiliates, covering … 47 home and host countries. We find considerable evidence that multinationals share profits internationally, by paying …
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We investigate whether firms' "global engagement", either in the form of exporting or opening up affiliates abroad, is related to the change in their management performance. Using new and unique data from a recent large scale firm survey of management practices in Germany, we calculate...
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When a multi-plant firm must close one unit due to declining demand it can choose between two alternatives. On the one hand, the firm can announce a certain span of time in which the plants are evaluated according to relative performance with the least performing plant being shut down in the end...
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A growing body of research has contributed to understanding the labor market and political effects of globalization …
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Child labor is a persistent phenomenon in many developing countries. In recent years, support has been growing among rich-country governments and consumer groups for the use of trade policies, such as product boycotts and the imposition of international labor standards, to reduce child labor in...
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Has rising import competition contributed to the polarization of U.S. politics? Analyzing multiple measures of political expression and results of congressional and presidential elections spanning the period 2000 through 2016, we find strong though not definitive evidence of an ideological...
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globalization on the labor market outcomes of these workers. We find that higher foreign competition leads to more incentive …
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The globalization of R&D activities has continued its growth path as companies are increasingly trying to capture …-intensive businesses has led researchers and analysts to pursue a deeper understanding of the globalization of corporate R&D and the … related driving factors and impacts. This introduction to the Special Section: "Globalization and Corporate R&D" forthcoming …
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. The production of each firm increases when trade costs fall. The fall also induces multinationals to repatriate their … sizes and we show that in an equilibrium with multinationals only, a rent can be taxed by governments …
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