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The challenge of combining FDI and regional development in Indonesia
Sjöholm, Fredrik - In: Journal of contemporary Asia 32 (2002) 3, pp. 381-393
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How international experience helps shape labor market outcomes
Davidson, Carl; Heyman, Fredrik; Matusz, Steven J.; … - 2022
This paper examines how experience from working in a foreign owned firm affects worker mobility. International experience can provide a worker with knowledge about foreign operations, thereby making them more attractive to other employers who are also engaged in international businesses. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014542156
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South-South FDI and Development in East Asia
Lipsey, Robert E.; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2011
This paper attempts to measure the size of South-South FDI in developing East Asia and the trends in it, and the … differences between South-South FDI and North-South FDI. Among the comparisons of the two types of FDI we try to summarize are be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208590
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Industrial policy and Foreign Direct Investment
Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2021
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) can benefit host countries by facilitating access to sophisticated technologies, good … consequence, countries trying to attract inflows of FDI need to consider what types of industrial policies will increase the … country's attractiveness to foreign firms. Moreover, different types of FDI are of different value for the host country and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012703452
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The Belt and Road Initiative: Economic causes and effects
Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2022
Chinese investment abroad has grown significantly in connection with the Belt and Road Initiative. This article tries to answer two questions: first, what considerations gave birth to the BRI? And second, what are the project's economic effects in terms of capital flows and international trade?...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014278523
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Is There Really a Foreign Ownership Wage Premium? Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
Heyman, Fredrik; Gustavsson Tingvall, Patrik; Sjöholm, … - 2006
Numerous studies on firm-level data have reported higher average wages in foreign-owned firms than in domestically-owned firms. This, however, does not necessarily imply that the individual worker's wage increase with foreign ownership. Using detailed matched employer-employee data on the entire...
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Acquisitions, Multinationals and Wage Dispersion
Heyman, Fredrik; Gustavsson Tingvall, Patrik; Sjöholm, … - 2006
Multinational firms pay relatively high wages. Less is known about the wage structure within multinational and non-multinational firms. We examine the impact of acquisitions on wage dispersion in Sweden using a large matched employer-employee data set. Foreign acquisitions of Swedish firms...
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Cross-Border Acquisitions, Multinationals and Wage Elasticities
Hakkala, Katariina; Heyman, Fredrik; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2007
The growing number of cross-border acquisitions has in many countries raised concerns about labor demand consequences. In this study, we use detailed firm level data to examine how increased internationalization and multinational activity affect the volatility of employment, or rather, the wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320149
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FDI, Market Structure and R&D Investments in China
Lundin, Nannan; He, Ping; Qian, Jinchang; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2007
FDI can be an important channel for developing countries' ability to get access to new technology. The impact of FDI on … demonstration effects could have a positive impact. Another and so far little examined effect of FDI on technology development in … domestically-owned firms is through the impact on competition. We examine the effect of FDI on competition in the Chinese …
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Multinational Firms and Job Tasks
Nilsson Hakkala, Katariina; Heyman, Fredrik; Sjöholm, … - 2008
We use Swedish matched employer-employee data to analyze the impact of multinational activity and foreign acquisitions on the relative demand for different job tasks. We contribute to the literature by using a conceptualization from the recent literature in international economics and define the...
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