This article analyses the effectiveness of the main instrument of Slovenian FDI policy, the 'FDI Co-financing Grant Scheme'. We look at the post-grant performance of foreign subsidiaries that received grants in 2000--09 using a double-track approach: calculation of performance premia of...

We study the dynamic effects of research and development (R&D) subsidies on private R&D spending in Slovenia and examine the changes in corporate R&D spending behavior due to R&D subsidies by applying propensity score matching methodology. Taking the difference-in-differences approach, we...

Following along the lines of a growing literature on the causal link between exporting and productivity this paper analyzes the existence of learning-by-exporting using firm-level data. The paper asks whether, in addition to better performing firms self-selecting into exports and multinational...

We establish a set of stylised facts for trade and trading firms in five market services sectors using comparable firm-level and services data from four EU countries. Our analysis shows that exports account for much lower shares of overall sales in the services sectors than in manufacturing. In...

We establish a set of stylised facts for trade and trading firms in five market services sectors using comparable firm- and activity-level data from four EU countries. Our analysis shows that exports account for much lower shares of overall sales in the services sectors than in manufacturing....

This paper empirically accounts for the importance of the 'global supply chains' concept for export restructuring and productivity growth in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) in the period 1995-2007. Using industry-level data and accounting for technology intensity, we show that FDI...

In this paper we examine the reasons behind the remarkable export performance of transition economies in the last two decades. Following Redding and Venables (2004, 2004a) and Fugazza (2004), we decompose export performance into the gains due to the advantageous access to foreign markets and...