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Foreign ownership and the extensive margins of exports : evidence for manufacturing enterprises in Germany

Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2013

theoretical predictions we find that foreign-owned firms do export more goods to more countries after controlling for firm size …

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FDI by early movers, followers and latecomers : timing of entry by German firms during transition in the Czech Republic

Mühlen, Henning; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2009

importance of firm-level productivity and distance-related transaction costs as driving forces of FDI. Yet the timing of FDI has … received little attention in the empirical literature on FDI determinants. To help close this gap we analyze FDI decisions by … German firms with and without affiliates in the Czech Republic at different stages of transition. We find that FDI entry …

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Firm heterogeneity and choice of ownership structure : an empirical analysis of German FDI in India

Görg, Holger; Lauber, Verena; Meyer, Birgit; … - 2008

firm characteristics for analyzing the determinants of outward foreign direct investment (FDI). The focus is on the role of … ownership shares in new affiliates. -- Multinational enterprises ; firm characteristics ; Indian locations ; German FDI …

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Firm heterogeneity, industry characteristics and types of FDI : the case of German FDI in the Czech Republic

Görg, Holger; Mühlen, Henning; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2009

In addition to firm and industry characteristics, the heterogeneity of foreign direct investment (FDI) has to be taken … into account when analyzing the determinants of outward FDI. We combine two firm-specific datasets on German firms with … subsidiaries and joint ventures in the Czech Republic, compared to a control group of German firms without FDI in this host country …

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Growing trade in intermediate goods : outsourcing, global sourcing or increasing importance of MNE networks?

Kleinert, Jörn - 2000

Trade in intermediate goods as one possible link between rising trade and foreign direct investment is examined. To explain growing intermediate goods trade, three hypotheses are brought forward: outsourcing, global sourcing and the increasing importance of MNE networks. These hypotheses are...

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Why do banks go abroad? : evidence from German data

Buch, Claudia M. - 1999

the abolition of capital controls seem to have exerted a greater influence on foreign assets than on FDI of German banks …

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Subsidies and exports in Germany : first evidence from enterprise panel data

Girma, Sourafel (contributor); Görg, Holger (contributor); … - 2009

. -- Subsidies ; export ; Germany ; enterprise panel data … subsidies on export activities we find no impact of subsidies on the probability to start exporting, and only weak evidence for …

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[Business cycles and FDI : evidence from German sectoral data]

Buch, Claudia M. (contributor); … - 2005

the period 1989- 2002. We find that German outward FDI increases in response to positive cyclical developments abroad and …

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What determines maturity? : an analysis for foreign assets of German commercial banks

Buch, Claudia M. - 2000

Surges and reversals of short-term foreign liabilities are often held responsible for instabilities in international financial markets. Yet, empirical evidence on the factors determining the maturity of capital flows is scant. This paper analyzes the determinants of foreign assets of German...

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Offshoring, wages and job security of temporary workers

Görg, Holger; Görlich, Dennis - 2012

We investigate the impact of offshoring on individual level wages and unemployment probabilities and pay particular attention to the question of whether workers on temporary contracts are affected differently than workers on permanent contracts. Data are taken from the German Socio-Economic...

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