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The Interdependence of R&D Activity and Debt Financing of Young Firms
Fryges, Helmut - 2011
We investigate the interdependence of debt financing and R&D activities of young firms. Using micro-level data of the KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel, our estimation results show that firm characteristics are more important than personal characteristics of the founders for explaining young firms'...
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The Value of Business Networks in Emerging Economies : An Analysis of Firms' External Financing Opportunities
Owolabi, Oluwarotimi Ayokunnu - 2011
The paper argues that networked firms are likely to have an advantage in securing external finance in countries with weak legal and judicial institutions since it helps financial institutions to minimize the underlying agency costs of lending. An analysis of recent BEEPS data from fifteen...
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Displacement and Debt : The Role of Debt in Returning to Work in the Period Following the Great Recession
Bednarzik, Robert - 2017
The onset of the housing and subsequent financial crisis in 2008 marked the steepest economic downturn in the United. States, since the Great Depression in the late 1920s and 1930s. This most recent financial crisis has been characterized by massive layoffs and displacement. Given the depth of...
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Inflation Expectations and Corporate Borrowing Decisions : New Causal Evidence
Ropele, Tiziano; Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Coibion, Olivier - 2022
We match survey data of Italian firms that includes a repeated experiment in which information about inflation is randomly provided to firms over time with detailed credit data that covers the borrowing decisions of firms. This allows us to study how exogenous variation in inflation expectations...
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Foreign Acquisitions, Domestic Multinationals, and R&D
Bandick, Roger - 2010
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the causal effect of foreign acquisition on R&D intensity in targeted domestic firms. We are able to distinguish domestic multinationals and non-multinationals, which allows us to investigate the fear that the change in ownership of domestic to foreign...
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Foreign Acquisition, Plant Survival, and Employment Growth
Bandick, Roger - 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 …
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Mergers and Birth Outcomes : Evidence from Maternity Ward Closures
Avdic, Daniel - 2018
Evidence suggests that hospital mergers can reduce costs but less is known about their effects on patient outcomes. We study how a wave of mergers that led to the shutdown of one third of all Swedish maternity wards affected the health of mothers who gave birth and their newborns. Applying a...
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How Does Firm Survival Differ between Business Takeovers and New Venture Start-Ups?
Xi, Guoqian - 2017
Focusing on entrepreneurship entry modes, we investigate two research questions regarding firm survival: how does the survival probability differ between business takeovers and new venture start-ups? And how do the determinants of survival differ between the two entry modes? Using a large French...
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Mode of Entry into Hybrid Entrepreneurship : New Venture Start-Up Versus Business Takeover
Xi, Guoqian - 2017
entrepreneurship. Little is known about the entry modes (new venture start-up vs. business takeover) of hybrid entrepreneurs. Our study … female, having worker experience, and having received social benefits are linked to business takeover. With these results … takeover, which is of high interest, given the growing number of businesses seeking outside successors …
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Foreign Ownership, Employment and Wages in Brazil : Evidence from Acquisitions, Divestments and Job Movers
Martins, Pedro S. - 2008
How much do developing countries benefit from foreign investment? We contribute to this question by comparing the employment and wage practices of foreign and domestic firms in Brazil, using detailed matched firm-worker panel data. In order to control for unobserved worker differences, we...
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