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Subsidies and Exports in Germany. First Evidence from Enterprise Panel Data
Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Wagner, Joachim - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
the link between production-related subsidies and exports. We document that only a small fraction of enterprises is … subsidized, and that exports and subsidies are positively related. Using a matching approach to investigate the causal effect of … an impact of subsidies on the share of exports in total sales in West Germany but no evidence in East Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076112
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Catching up of Emerging Economies: The Role of Capital Goods Imports, FDI Inflows, Domestic Investment and Absorptive Capacity
Glas, Alexander; Hübler, Michael; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015
We assess the role of capital goods imports and inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) as transmission channels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011183046
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Export Subsidies in a Heterogeneous Firms Framework
Helmers, Christian; Trofimenko, Natalia - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
We evaluate the impact of firm-specific export subsidies on exports in Colombia. Using a two-stage Heckman selection … persistence in exports, we find that although, in general, subsidies exhibit positive impact on export volumes, this impact is … subsidies in developing countries, we regard the discrepancy between the predicted and the observed subsidy amounts as a proxy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076098
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What Drives India’s Outward FDI?
Nunnenkamp, Peter; Andrés, Maximiliano Sosa; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
We empirically assess the determinants of India’s FDI outflows across a large sample of host countries in the 1996-2009 period. Based on gravity model specifications, we employ Poisson pseudo maximum likelihood (PPML) estimators. Major findings include: India’s outward FDI is hardly affected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886839
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A New Global Index of Infrastructure: Construction, Rankings and Applications
Donaubauer, Julian; Meyer, Birgit; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
We construct comprehensive and comparable indices on the most relevant components of economic infrastructure. An unobserved components model is employed to cover the largest possible number of developing and developed countries over the period 1990-2010. We map major findings from the new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886848
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Are Stricter Investment Rules Contagious? Host Country Competition for Foreign Direct Investment through International Agreements
Neumayer, Eric; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Roy, Martin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
We argue that the trend toward international investment agreements (IIAs) with stricter investment rules is driven by competitive diffusion, namely defensive moves of developing countries concerned about foreign direct investment (FDI) diversion in favor of competing host countries. Accounting...
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The Effects of Greenfield FDI and Cross-border M&As on Total Factor Productivity
Ashraf, Ayesha; Herzer, Dierk; Nunnenkamp, Peter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
Based on original survey data, this paper analyses and compares the role of personal traits and social capital in determining entrepreneurial intentions of students in Hong Kong and in Guangzhou (mainland China). The two cities are culturally closely related but differ strongly with respect to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886865
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Emerging multinationals, international knowledge flows and economic geography: a research agenda
Dohse, Dirk Christian; Hassink, Robert; Klaerding, Claudia - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
One of the most significant changes in the global economy today is the strong increase in outgoing foreign direct investment (OFDI) from emerging economies to industrialised countries. Whereas investment in less developed countries is often motivated by the sourcing of natural resources and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886894
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Foreign Direct Investment, Spillovers and Absorptive Capacity: Evidence from Quantile Regressions
Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2005
This paper focuses on the role of absorptive capacity in determining whether or not domestic firms benefit from productivity spillovers from FDI using establishment level data for the UK. We allow for different effects of FDI on establishments located at different quantiles of the productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886919
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Location Choice and Employment Decisions: A Comparison of German and Swedish Multinationals
Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Jäckle, Robert; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2005
Using data for German and Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs), this paper assesses international employment patterns. It analyzes determinants of location choice and the degree of substitutability of labor across locations. Countries with highly skilled labor forces attract German MNEs, but...
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