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Pay more, earn less, work harder-new evidence on foreign subsidiary performance and market efficiency in emerging markets
Jensen, Camilla - 2009
Foreign subsidiary performance and market efficiency effects are estimated and confronted in this paper using a rich firm-level panel for Polish manufacturing. Besides estimating total factor productivity, other performance measures are calculated and contrasted such as labor productivity,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430827
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Policy response to external shocks: Lessons from the crisis
Capistrán, Carlos; Cuadra, Gabriel; Ramos-Francia, Manuel - 2011
Emerging economies have been subject to abrupt reversals in capital inflows, which have adverse consequences for economic activity and financial stability. An important question for policymakers is how to respond to a sudden loss of external financing and its negative effects on the domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322619
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Is time ripe for a currency union in emerging East Asia? The role of monetary stabilisation
Sánchez, Marcelo - 2005
This paper assesses the prospects for monetary integration between Emerging East Asian (EEA) economies. Our empirical analysis is based on a simple analytical framework for currency unions of small open economies, with a focus on the conduct of monetary policy in the presence of different types...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604613
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Weltwirtschaft im Frühjahr 2022 - Verlangsamte Expansion bei hoher Inflation
Gern, Klaus-Jürgen; Kooths, Stefan; Reents, Jan; … - 2022
Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung der Omikron-Variante die Produktion in China empfindlich beeinträchtigen sollten. … particular, the potential spreading of the Omicron variant in China could reduce global growth if production in China was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013174511
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World Economy Summer 2023: Growth remains subdued
Gern, Klaus-Jürgen; Kooths, Stefan; Reents, Jan; … - 2023
significantly. Energy prices have reversed, the prospects for a steady expansion in China have improved with the abandonment of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014423952
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Weltwirtschaft im Sommer 2023: Expansion bleibt vorerst schwach
Stolzenburg, Ulrich; Sonnenberg, Nils; Gern, Klaus-Jürgen - 2023
waren, haben sich zuletzt deutlich verbessert. So sind die Energiepreise wieder gesunken, in China haben sich mit der Abkehr … significantly. Energy prices have reversed, the prospects for a steady expansion in China have improved with the abandonment of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014423984
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Foreign and domestic takeovers in Germany: Cherry-picking and lemon-grabbing
Weche-Gelübcke, John P. - 2012
This study focuses on ex ante performance of domestic and foreign takeover targets in Germany, one of the most important FDI inflow destinations worldwide. Using a new database from German official statistics, unconditional comparisons as well as binary response model estimations of takeover...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294465
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Temporary Agency Work and Firm Performance: Evidence from German Establishment-Level Panel Data
Beckmann, Michael; Kuhn, Dieter - 2009
This paper empirically examines the impact of temporary agency work on firm performance using panel data from German establishments. Thereby, special attention is devoted to the question, whether there are performance differences between firms using temporary agency workers (TAWs) as a buffer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390637
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Flexibility vs. screening: The performance effects of temporary agency work strategies
Beckmann, Michael; Kuhn, Dieter - 2012
This paper empirically examines the impact of temporary agency work strategies on firm performance using panel data from German establishments. Thereby, special attention is devoted to the question, whether there are performance differences be- tween establishments using temporary agency workers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390670
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Interlocking Boards and Firm Performance: Evidence from a New Panel Database
Non, Mariëlle C.; Franses, Philip Hans - 2007
An interlock between two firms occurs if the firms share one or more directors in their boards of directors. We explore the effect of interlocks on firm performance for 101 large Dutch firms using a large and new panel database. We use five different performance measures, and for each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325232