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Cross-border mergers and acquisitions and the role of trade costs
Hijzen, Alexander; Görg, Holger; Manchin, Miriam - 2006
Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have increased dramatically over the last two decades. This paper analyses the role of trade costs in explaining the increase in both the number and the value of cross-border mergers and acquisitions. In particular, we distinguish horizontal and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332952
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Foreign Direct Investment, Spillovers and Absorptive Capacity : Evidence from Quantile Regressions
Girma, Sourafel - 2016
productivity spillovers from FDI using establishment level data for the UK. We allow for different effects of FDI on establishments … matters for productivity spillover benefits. We find evidence for a u-shaped relationship between productivity growth and FDI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012991322
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Foreign Direct Investment, Tax Competition and Social Expenditure
Görg, Holger; Molana, Hassan; Montagna, Catia - 2008
corporate taxation in determining the destination of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows. Using panel data for 18 OECD …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014053230
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Foreign Direct Investment, Spillovers and Absorptive Capacity : Evidence from Quantile Regressions
Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger - 2008
from productivity spillovers from FDI. We analyse this issue using establishment level data for the electronics and … engineering sectors in the UK. We distinguish the effect of FDI in the same sector and region from FDI in the same sector but … outside the region. We also allow for different effects of FDI on establishments located at different quantiles of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014030888
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Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions and the Role of Trade Costs
Görg, Holger; Hijzen, Alexander; Manchin, Miriam - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have increased dramatically over the last two decades. This paper analyses the role of trade costs in explaining the increase in the number of cross-border mergers and acquisitions. In particular, we distinguish horizontal and non-horizontal M&As and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067607
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Is there a potential for increases in FDI for Central and Eastern European countries following EU accession?
Görg, Holger (contributor); Greenaway, David (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001726542
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Is there a potential for increases in FDI for Central and Eastern European countries following EU accession?
Görg, Holger; Greenaway, David - In: Foreign direct investment in the real and financial …, (pp. 165-185). 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001762458
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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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Foreign direct investment, access to finance, and innovation activity in Chinese enterprises
Girma, Sourafel; Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger - 2008
This paper investigates the link between inward FDI and innovation activity in China, using a very comprehensive and … also find that inward FDI at the sectoral level is positively associated with domestic innovative activity only if firms … inward FDI into technology transfer and FDI affecting domestic credit opportunities and find that the latter is of very …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272946
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Trade protection during the crisis: Does it deter foreign direct investment?
Görg, Holger; Labonte, Philipp - 2011
available from Global Trade Alert, combined with bilateral FDI data between OECD countries and a large number of partner … FDI flows. The verdict from this analysis is clear: a country that implements new protectionist measures may expect that … about 40 to 80 percent lower FDI inflows. Trade protection does not appear to have any implications for the country's FDI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277462