Showing 1 - 10 of 418
linkages in open economies. Labor-market imperfections arise by virtue of country-specific real minimum wages. Two principal … experiments are considered. First, we show that trade liberalization under minimum wages differs significantly from trade … workers at home and abroad. In an extension to our baseline model, we illustrate that offshoring production from the high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004964417
hand and wages of workers employed by this firm on the other hand. The latter establishes an exporter wage premium, since … in terms of both operating profits and average wages. We also find evidence for gains from trade for all five countries … ; Heterogeneous firms ; Fair wages ; Labour market imperfections ; Exporter wage premium …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009404745
, leading to a link between a firm's operating profits and wages of workers employed by this firm. We estimate the parameters of … aggregate employment. -- structural models ; heterogeneous firms ; fair wages ; labour market imperfections ; exporter wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009581985
This paper investigates the tax responsiveness of multinational firms’ investment decisions in foreign countries, distinguishing firms that are able to avoid taxes (avoiders) from those that are not (non-avoiders). From a theoretical point of view, the tax responsiveness of firms crucially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010388752
This paper proposes a Bayesian estimation framework for panel-data sets with binary dependent variables where a large … micro-, meso-, and macroeconomic levels. The paper outlines the estimation approach, illustrates its suitability by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817934
This paper argues that the large reduction in corporate tax rates and only gradual widening of tax bases in many countries over the last decades are consistent with tougher international competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). To make this point we develop a model in which governments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009302814
This paper argues that the large reduction in corporate tax rates and only gradual widening of tax bases in many countries over the last decades are consistent with tougher international competition for foreign direct investment (FDI). To make this point we develop a model in which governments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307961
This chapter provides a survey of issues which emerge with the taxation of multinational enterprises. It addresses tax rates which affect multinational firms directly and focuses on provisions and incentives which relate to the profits and investments of such firms directly. It survey positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011616385
. -- labor market turnover ; outsourcing ; dynamic discrete choice ; fixed effects panel estimation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009727510
The paper analyses the effects of international fragmentation in terms of intermediate goods trade on the dynamics of skill-specific real wage bills in manufacturing of three Central and East European countries (Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic). Both intermediate goods exports and imports of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011492205