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The effects of cross-border M&As on the acquirers' domestic performance : firm-level evidence
Stiebale, Joel; Trax, Michaela - 2010
labor force in neither of both countries. Further, acquisitions in knowledge-intensive industries lead to improvements in … domestic productivity. Our results display some heterogeneity across industries and types of acquisitions, suggesting a … connection between the motives for international acquisitions and their resulting effects. -- F23 ; G34 ; L23 ; D24 …
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Productivity and the internationalization of firms : cross-border acquisitions versus greenfield investments
Trax, Michaela - 2011
-border acquisitions and greenfield investments as different modes of FDI using a rich dataset of British firms. While multinational firms …-border acquisitions. Cross-border deals involve the most productive firms in sectors with a high share of intangible assets, but the least …
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Home firm performance after foreign investments and divestitures
Engel, Dirk; Procher, Vivien - 2010
Rückzug aus ausländischen Märkten nur geringfügig auf die Unternehmensentwicklung im Inland aus. …
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The impact of foreign acquisitions on the investors' R&D activities : firm-level evidence
Stiebale, Joel - 2010
This paper provides empirical evidence on the relationship between cross-border acquisitions and innovation activities … acquisitions by estimating a two-equation system with limited dependent variables and applying instrument variable techniques it is … investigation of the effects on tangible investment spending and by a comparison of the effects of cross-border acquisitions to …
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Offshoring and non-monotonic employment effects across industries in general equilibrium
Baumgarten, Daniel; Irlacher, Michael; Koch, Michael - 2018
In diesem Papier adressieren wir die Diskrepanz zwischen bestehenden theoretischen Modellen und der gängigen empirischen Praxis bei der Analyse der Arbeitsmarktwirkungen von Offshoring. Während sich die Theorie auf Ein- oder Zwei-Sektor-Modelle konzentriert, nutzen empirische Studien zur...
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Dynamic structure - dynamic results? : re-estimating profit shifting with historical ownership data
Grosskurth, Philipp - 2019
Ownership structures of multinational enterprises are commonly assumed to remain constant over time, both due to a lack of easily accessible panel data and to facilitate empirical analyses. This paper discusses the validity of this assumption and assesses its relevance in the context of profit...
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MNE and where to find them : an intertemporal perspective on the global ownership network
Grosskurth, Philipp - 2019
This paper introduces a simple procedure to construct ownership maps in Stata, uses a new method to map the development of the global network of multinational business groups over time and investigates the development of core components of the network. Based on Bureau van Dijk's ORBIS database,...
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Multinational corporations and the EU emissions trading system : asset erosion and creeping deindustrialization?
Moore, Nils aus dem; Großkurth, Philipp; Themann, Michael - 2017
This study investigates the causal effect of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) on firms' holdings of fixed assets as an early indicator of industrial relocation, exploiting installation level inclusion criteria of the regulation. To single out companies with particularly low relocation...
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Export, FDI and productivity : evidence for French firms
Engel, Dirk; Procher, Vivien - 2009
The decision of companies to enter international markets, either via exports or foreign direct investment (FDI), has been postulated by the self-sorting model of Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple (HMY, 2004). In the strict sense, the theoretical predictions of HMY only apply to firms that become...
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The asymmetries of a small world : entry into and withdrawal from international markets by French firms
Engel, Dirk; Procher, Vivien; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2010
This paper studies the internationalization behaviour of French companies, using more than 330.000 observations for three two-year intervals. We analyze the role of productivity, organisational and ownership structure, and of financial characteristics for the decision to enter into and exit from...
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