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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931662
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Rising Concentration and Wage Inequality
Cortes, Matias; Tschopp, Jeanne - 2020
Wage inequality has risen in many countries over recent decades. At the same time, production has become increasingly concentrated in a small number of firms. In this paper, we show that these two phenomena are linked. Theoretically, we show that shocks that increase concentration will also lead...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270235
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FDI Impact on Firm Performance in Enlarged Europe: Evidence from a Meta-Regression Analysis
Bruno, Randolph Luca; Cipollina, Maria - 2014
focused on Enlarged Europe. The results show that there exists a positive indirect impact of FDI on productivity and …This paper combines, explains and summarizes recent findings from the empirical literature focusing on the FDI's effect … ultimately on economic growth in EU, but it is limited in magnitude. Moreover, the effect of FDI on growth is stronger for New EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352278
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FDI Impact on Firm Performance in Enlarged Europe: Evidence from a Meta-Regression Analysis
Bruno, Randolph Luca; Cipollina, Maria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
focused on Enlarged Europe. The results show that there exists a positive indirect impact of FDI on productivity and …This paper combines, explains and summarizes recent findings from the empirical literature focusing on the FDI's effect … ultimately on economic growth in EU, but it is limited in magnitude. Moreover, the effect of FDI on growth is stronger for New EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884079
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The Intersection of the Fields of Entrepreneurship and Development Economics: A Review towards a New View
Hessels, Jolanda; Naudé, Wim - 2017
Policy makers find it difficult to promote economic development through entrepreneurship and SMEs. In this paper we argue that this is because the positive impact of entrepreneurship is overestimated and its negative impact underestimated. It is moreover also because there is no unified...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011786953
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Blessing or Curse? Domestic Plants' Survival and Employment Prospects after Foreign Acquisitions
Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This paper investigates whether the acquisition of a domestic establishment by a foreign owner has any effects on the survival prospects and employment growth of that plant. The analysis uses plant level data for the UK electronics and food industries for the period 1980 to 1993. We control for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763440
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A "Healthy Immigrant Effect" or a "Sick Immigrant Effect"? Selection and Policies Matter
Constant, Amelie F.; García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, … - 2015
data we are able to compare Israel and Europe that have fundamentally different migration policies. Israel has virtually … natives; b) immigrants to Europe have better health than natives upon arrival and up to eleven years since arrival in the host …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345398
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Is European Entrepreneurship in Crisis?
Naudé, Wim - 2016
to its euro and refugee crises, Europe is suffering from an entrepreneurship crisis. Entrepreneurs are increasingly older …, given that Europe faces rising unemployment, growing numbers of unassimilated migrants, and more pensioners - and all in the … crisis. Demographic changes and institutional shortcomings are thus at the core of the entrepreneurship crisis in Europe. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479335
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Micro and macro determinants of health: Older immigrants in Europe
Constant, Amelie F.; García-Muñoz, Teresa M.; Neuman, … - 2014
We study the health determinants of immigrant men and women over the age of fifty, in Europe, and compare them to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481648
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Calamities, Common Interests, Shared Identity: What Shapes Altruism and Reciprocity?
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Cabrales, Antonio; Dolls, Mathias; … - 2021
We conduct a large-scale survey experiment in nine European countries to study how priming a major crisis (COVID-19), common economic interests, and a shared identity influences altruism, reciprocity and trust of EU citizens. We find that priming the COVID-19 pandemic increases altruism and...
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