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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...

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Globalised Labour Markets? International Rent Sharing Across 47 Countries

Martins, Pedro S. - 2010

We present evidence about the role of rent sharing in fostering the interdependence of labour markets around the world …

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Family Location and Caregiving Patterns from an International Perspective

Rainer, Helmut - 2010

This paper conducts a cross-national econometric analysis of intra-family location and caregiving patterns. First, we assess, from an international perspective, the relationship between family structure and the geographic proximity between adult children and their parents. We then examine...

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Drivers and Impacts in the Globalization of Corporate R&D : An Introduction Based on the European Experience

Moncada-Paternò-Castello, Pietro - 2014

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Globalization and Strategic Research Investments

Bohnstedt, Anna - 2011

We develop a general equilibrium model of international trade with heterogeneous firms, where countries can invest into basic research to improve their technological potential. These research investments tighten firm selection and raise the average productivity of firms in the market, thereby...

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Firms' Global Engagement and Management Practices

Görg, Holger - 2017

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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Domestic Multinationals, Foreign Affiliates, and Labour Demand Elasticities

Godart, Olivier - 2012

Using information on a panel of multinational firms operating in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2005, we find that labour demand in domestic multinationals is less sensitive to labour cost changes than in foreign multinationals. This difference in the wage elasticity of labour demand persists...

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How a Mandatory Activation Program Reduces Unemployment Durations : The Effects of Distance

Graversen, Brian Krogh - 2009

In an experimental setting some Danish unemployed workers were assigned to an activation program while others were not. Unemployed who were assigned to the activation program found a job more quickly. We show that the activation effect increases with the distance between the place of residence...

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Home Advantage in European International Soccer : Which Dimension of Distance Matters?

van Damme, Nils - 2019

We investigate whether the home advantage in soccer differs by various dimensions of distance between the (regions of the) home and away teams: geographical distance, climatic differences, cultural distance, and disparities in economic prosperity. To this end, we analyse 2,012 recent matches...

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The Effect of Community Traumatic Events on Student Achievement : Evidence from the Beltway Sniper Attacks

Gershenson, Seth - 2015

Community traumatic events such as mass shootings, terrorist attacks, and natural or man-made disasters have the potential to disrupt student learning in numerous ways. For example, these events can reduce instructional time by causing teacher and student absences, school closures, and...

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