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Foreign Language Learning : An Econometric Analysis
Ginsburgh, Victor A. - 2014
The paper is devoted to an econometric analysis of learning foreign languages in all parts of the world. Our sample … learning while the world population of speakers of the native language generally discourages it. Trade with speakers of a … other three key variables (literacy rate, linguistic distance, and world population of native speakers) because its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013048885
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International sourcing, product complexity and intellectual property rights
Naghavi, Alireza; Spies, Julia; Toubal, Farid - 2011
In this paper, we propose the technological complexity of a product and the level of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) protection to be the co-determinants of the mode through which multinational firms purchase their goods. We study the choice between intra-firm trade and outsourcing given...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009376050
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The few leading the many : foreign affiliates and business cycle comovement
Kleinert, Jörn; Martin, Julien; Toubal, Farid - In: American economic journal : a journal of the American … 7 (2015) 4, pp. 134-159
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The few leading the many : foreign affiliates and business cycle comovement
Kleinert, Jörn; Martin, Julien; Toubal, Farid - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009665293
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Intellectual property rights, product complexity, and the organization of multinational firms
Naghavi, Alireza; Spies, Julia; Toubal, Farid - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010383319
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Intellectual property rights, product complexity, and the organization of multinational firms
Naghavi, Alireza; Spies, Julia; Toubal, Farid - 2013
This paper studies how the Intellectual Property Right (IPR) regime in destination countries influences the way multinationals structure the international organization of their production. In particular, we explore how multinationals divide tasks of different complexities across countries with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010199759
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Foreign language learning : an econometric analysis
Ginsburgh, Victor; Mélitz, Jacques; Toubal, Farid - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010484221
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Foreign language learning : an econometric analysis
Ginsburgh, Victor; Mélitz, Jacques; Toubal, Farid - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010409072
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International sourcing, product complexity and intellectual property rights
Naghavi, Alireza; Spies, Julia; Toubal, Farid - 2011
In this paper, we propose the technological complexity of a product and the level of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) protection to be the co-determinants of the mode through which multinational firms purchase their goods. We study the choice between intra-firm trade and outsourcing given...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009515603
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Foreign language learning : an econometric analysis
Ginsburgh, Victor; Mélitz, Jacques; Toubal, Farid - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414047