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Effect of perception of corruption on outward US Foreign Direct Investment
Sanyal, Rajib; Samanta, Subarna - In: Global Business and Economics Review 10 (2008) 1, pp. 123-140
US Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) outflows are examined with respect to the level of corruption – in the form of bribery – in 42 recipient countries over a five-year period. Analysis indicates that US firms are less likely to invest in countries where bribery, as measured by the Corruption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008538959
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Effect of perception of corruption on outward US Foreign Direct Investment
Sanyal, Rajib; Samanta, Subarna - In: Global Business and Economics Review 10 (2008) 1, pp. 123-140
US Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) outflows are examined with respect to the level of corruption -- in the form of bribery -- in 42 recipient countries over a five-year period. Analysis indicates that US firms are less likely to invest in countries where bribery, as measured by the Corruption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005552988
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Market Size, Trade, and Productivity
Melitz, Marc J.; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P. - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2005
- and endogenous differences in the ‘toughness’ of competition across markets - in terms of the number and average … trade affect the toughness of competition, which then feeds back into the selection of heterogeneous producers and exporters …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018077
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Inherited or Earned? Performance of Foreign Banks in Central and Eastern Europe
Jurzyk, Emilia Magdalena; Havrylchyk, Olena - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
Using a combination of propensity score matching and difference-in-difference techniques we investigate the impact of foreign bank ownership on the performance and market power of acquired banks operating in Central and Eastern Europe. This approach allows us to control for selection bias as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008561077
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Bank Efficiency and Market Structure; What Determines Banking Spreads in Armenia?
Floerkemeier, Holger; Dabla-Norris, Era - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
potential to increase cost efficiency and competition in the banking system. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768878
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At the Moscow market of frozen vegetables and fruits need new strategies.
Sidorchuk, Сидорчук Роман Роальдович - In: Annals of marketing-mba (2010)
Frozen fruits and vegetables, in the form as we are accustomed to see them, are in Russia is relatively short history. The main goal of our marketing research is to obtain an overview of the status of the Moscow market of frozen vegetables and fruits by the end of 2000 and early 2001. The study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008547466
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Being a Foreigner Among Domestic Banks; Asset or Liability?
Horen, Neeltje van; Claessens, Stijn - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
better when from a high income country, when host country competition is limited, and when they are large and rely more on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497616
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On the size distributions of firms and markets
Asplund, Marcus - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1998
Two weak restrictions on equilibrium market structures are that firms who decide to enter make sufficient profits to cover entry costs and fixed costs of production, and that no new firm could profitably enter. I examine these restrictions by the size distribution of firms in the same industry,...
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Europe In The Global Economy: Matching The U.S.?
Ude, Christian; Teltschik, Horst; Sinn, Hans-Werner - In: CESifo Forum 4 (2003) 2, pp. 3-7
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021243
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Demand-oriented innovation of firms in China: An empirical study
Changsheng, XU; Jingjing, WANG; Hai, WANG - In: Frontiers of Economics in China 3 (2008) 4, pp. 548-559
This paper analyzes the interrelationship among competition, market size and innovation by using the data from total 37 … industries in China within a simultaneous equations model. It finds that: (1) Competition and innovation are mutually … impelling technological progress will finally increase market size; (3) Between competition and market size, the effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010934377