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Exports, international investment, and plant performance : evidence from a non-parametric test
Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric - 2003
This paper compares the performance of purely domestic plants, domestic exporters and domestic multinationals. For our empirical analysis we utilise a non-parametric approach based on the principle of first order stochastic dominance. We find that the distributions for multinationals dominate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011439152
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Exports, international investment, and plant performance: evidence from a non-parametric test
Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric - 2003
This paper compares the performance of purely domestic plants, domestic exporters and domestic multinationals. For our empirical analysis we utilise a non-parametric approach based on the principle of first order stochastic dominance. We find that the distributions for multinationals dominate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265597
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Exports, International Investment, and Plant Performance : Evidence from a Non-Parametric Test
Girma, Sourafel - 2008
This paper compares the performance of purely domestic plants, domestic exporters and domestic multinationals. For our empirical analysis we utilise a non-parametric approach based on the principle of first order stochastic dominance. Comparing the cumulative distributions of the measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012726672
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Exports, International Investment, and Plant Performance: Evidence from a Non-Parametric Test
Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2003
This paper compares the performance of purely domestic plants, domestic exporters and domestic multinationals. For our empirical analysis we utilise a non-parametric approach based on the principle of first order stochastic dominance. We find that the distributions for multinationals dominate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068656
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Exports, international investment, and plant performance : evidence from a non-parametric test
Girma, Sourafel - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013436465
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Outsourcing, foreign ownership and productivity : evidence from UK establishment level data
Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger - 2003
's productivity. We compare outsourcing in domestic with foreign-owned establishments. Our empirical results suggest that high wages …-owned firms have higher levels of outsourcing than domestic establishments. In the productivity analysis we find that an … establishment's outsourcing intensity is positively related to its labour productivity and total factor productivity growth and that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011438842
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Creating Jobs Through Public Subsidies:An Empirical Analysis
Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric; Walsh, Frank - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
This paper analyses the impact of government grants on labour demand using plant leveldata for manufacturing industry in Ireland. Our data consists of a large sample of plants andtheir complete grant history...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861409
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THE IMPACT OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS ONPROFITABILITY AND EMPLOYEE REMUNERATIONIN UK MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
Conyon, Martin J.; Girma, Sourafel; Thompson, Steve; … - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics - 2000
This paper provides a systematic empirical analysis of the effects of merger and acquisitionactivity on profitability and firm level employee remuneration in the United Kingdom, using a speciallyconstructed database for the period 1979-1991...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005869217
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Creating Jobs Through Public Subsidies : An Empirical Analysis
Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric; Walsh, Frank - 2021
This paper analyses the impact of government grants on labour demand using plant level data for manufacturing industry in Ireland. Our data consists of a large sample of plants and their complete grant history. We provide evidence that additional employment is created over and above the level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316702
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Do Wages Rise or Fall Following Merger?
Conyon, Martin J.; Girma, Sourafel; Thompson, Steve; … - 2008
This paper provides a systematic empirical analysis of the effects of merger and acquisition activity on profitability and firm level employee remuneration in the United Kingdom, using a specially constructed database for the period 1979-1991. It finds that both profitability and wages rise...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014029308