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Business groups as hierarchies of firms : determinants of vertical integration and performance
Altomonte, Carlo; Rungi, Armando - 2013
We explore the nature of Business Groups, that is network-like forms of hierarchical organization between legally autonomous firms spanning both within and across national borders. Exploiting a unique dataset of 270,474 headquarters controlling more than 1,500,000 (domestic and foreign)...
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Merge or fail? : The determinants of mergers and bankruptcies in Switzerland, 1995 - 2000
Bühler, Stefan (contributor); Kaiser, Christian (contributor) - 2005
This paper examines the determinants of mergers and bankruptcies, using firm level data from the Swiss Business Census and the Dun & Bradstreet exit database for Switzerland (1995-2000). Employing duration analysis, we find considerable differences in the determinants of mergers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002746135
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Carbon taxes, path dependency and directed technical change : evidence from the auto industry
Aghion, Philippe; Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Hémous, David - 2012
innovation distinguishing between "dirty" (internal combustion engine) and "clean" (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 … tax-inclusive fuel prices. Furthermore, there is path dependence in the type of innovation both from aggregate spillovers … and from the firm's own innovation history. Using our model we simulate the increases in carbon taxes needed to allow …
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Cultural identity and knowledge creation in cosmopolitan cities
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Prarolo, Giovanni - 2009
We study how the city system is affected by the possibility for the members of the same cultural diaspora to interact across different cities. In so doing, we propose a simple two- city model with two mobile cultural groups. A localized externality fosters the productivity of individuals when...
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Knowledge for development : the IDB's impact in the region
Avellán, Leopoldo; Calderón, Claudia; Lotti, Giulia; … - 2021
By analyzing a novel dataset on publications by the Inter - American Development Bank (IDB), we shed light on the extent to which the knowledge production of a multilateral development bank can reach its beneficiaries. We find that IDB publications are downl oaded mostly in the American...
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Trade and investment barriers affecting international production networks in India
Hoda, Anwarul; Rai, Durgesh Kumar - 2014
This paper analyses the reasons behind India lagging behind East and South East Asian economies in participating in international production networks, on which growth in manufacturing has become increasingly dependent in the contemporary world. Since multinational firms are the main coordinating...
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Export mix changes and firm performance : evidence from Chile
Álvarez, Roberto; Zahler, Andrés - 2014
In this paper we analyze changes in the export mix of Chilean firms, looking particularly at differences between large firms and SMEs. To do that, we use detailed information of exported products by firms during the period 1995-2005. Our econometric results, which look at the impact of export...
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Survival of new exporters in developing countries : does it matter how they diversify?
Volpe Martincus, Christian; Carballo, Jerónimo - 2009
Recent studies have shown that developing countries might have significantly better export performance if they were able to increase the duration of their trade relationships. Evidence on duration of these relationships at the firm level is virtually absent. In this paper, we aim at filling this...
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Minimum wage reform and firms' performance - evidence from North Macedonia
Jovanovic, Biljana; Naumovski, Nikola - 2021
analysis is conducted by using firm level data set and difference-in-difference (DD) estimation method. Our results showed that … the sample and method of estimation. In addition we found that most likely Macedonian firms did absorb higher labour costs …
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China import competition and El Salvador manufacturing firm performance
Li, Kun; Moreira, Mauricio Mesquita - 2019
In this paper, we analyze the impact of Chinese competition on manufacturing firms in El Salvador between 2005 and 2013 using manufacturing survey data and customs transaction data. We find that Chinese import competition in El Salvador has a negative effect on firms employment, total factor...
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