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Rhineland exit?
Bovenberg, Ary Lans; Teulings, Coen N. - 2008
employs them but from the value of their own human capital. In such a world, global trade in corporate control, global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276859
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Selection criteria and the skill composition of immigrants: a comparative analysis of Australian and US employment immigration
Jasso, Guillermina; Rosenzweig, Mark Richard - 2008
roles of world prices of skills and country proximity. Our empirical results are consistent with the view that these factors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276392
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Worker directors: a German product that didn't export?
Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus - 2009
globalization and the availability of alternative forms of corporate governance in the EU. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269284
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Economic governance of MFIs: Inside the black box
Arun, Thankom; Annim, Samuel Kobina - 2010
This paper investigates a relationship between economic governance and the dual objectives of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs): poverty reduction and financial viability. Using an unbalanced panel of 531 MFIs the important role of other institutions such as country-level business registry...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274571
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Measurement of globalization and its variations among countries, regions and over time
Bhandari, Amit K.; Heshmati, Almas - 2005
heterogeneity in the degree of globalization over time and across countries and regions of the World, as well as within countries …The process of globalization is an international economic order which has led to the progressive integration of the … world economy through the pulling the barrier of trade and greater mobility of factors of production. In addition the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267513
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Review of the recent trends in development economics research: with experience from the federal region of Kurdistan
Heshmati, Almas - 2007
recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the … development in a number area where similar trends are observed. The areas studied include globalization, in-sourcing and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268174
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Global business cycles: convergence or decoupling?
Kose, M. Ayhan; Otrok, Christopher M.; Prasad, Eswar - 2008
globalization (1985-2005), there has been some convergence of business cycle fluctuations among the group of industrial economies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276108
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Globalization, institutions, and the ethnic divide: Recent longitudinal evidence
Wunnava, Phanindra V.; Mitra, Aniruddha; Prasch, Robert E. - 2012
significant impediment to growth but religious and linguistic heterogeneity have not. Further, while economic globalization has … more from global integration. This suggests the importance of globalization in redressing the detrimental impact of ethnic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282215
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Migration, international trade and capital formation: Cause or effect?
Felbermayr, Gabriel J.; Grossmann, Volker; Kohler, … - 2012
technology, globalization tends to lead to convergence. Moreover, under non-convex technology trade and migration tend to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289941
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Retained State Shareholding in Chinese PLCs : Does Government Ownership Reduce Corporate Value?
Tian, Lihui; Estrin, Saul - 2005
The role of government shareholding in corporate performance is central to an understanding of China?s newly privatized large firms. In this paper, we analyze shareholders as agents that can both harm and benefit companies. We examine the ownership structure of 826 listed corporations and find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262209