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Export market exit and firm survival : theory and first evidence

Kruse-Becher, Sanne; Schröder, Philipp J. H.; … - 2013

This paper deploys a dynamic extension of the Melitz (2003) model to generate predictions on export market exit and firm survival in a setting where firms endogenously make exit decisions. The central driver of the model dynamics is the inclusion of exogenous economy wide technological progress....

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Commodity Tax Competition and Industry Location Under the Destination- and the Origin-Principle

Behrens, Kristian; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; … - 2007

We develop a model of commodity tax competition with monopolistically competitive internationally mobile firms, transport costs, and asymmetric country sizes. We investigate the impacts of non-cooperative tax setting, as well as of tax harmonization and changes in the tax principle, in both the...

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Elitism in higher education and inequality : why are the Nordic countries so special?

Brezis, Elise S. - 2018

This paper shows that countries with high levels of "elitism" in higher-education are the countries displaying high levels of inequality. In other words, a higher level of "elitism", i.e., large gap in quality of universities, and tight selection in top universities leads to a wider gap in wages...

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Why do firms invest in the Baltic Sea Region

Kotilainen, Markku; Nikula, Nuutti - 2010

, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, and the regions of St Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast and Kaliningrad in Russia. We … clear benefits in having the non-Euro area countries as members of the EMU, but the results are not very robust: obviously … greenfield investment (establishing a new firm), 2) among the real estate firms Sweden, Finland, Germany and Poland are the most …

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Determinants for Foreign Direct Investment in the Baltic Sea Region

Nikula, Nuutti; Kotilainen, Markku - 2013

, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, and Russia. We investigate foreign direct investment (FDI) flows from 1995 to 2010 to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037621

Why do firms invest in the Baltic Sea Region

Kotilainen, Markku; Nikula, Nuutti - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2010

, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, and the regions of St Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast and Kaliningrad in Russia. We … clear benefits in having the non-Euro area countries as members of the EMU, but the results are not very robust : obviously … greenfield investment (establishing a new firm), 2) among the real estate firms Sweden, Finland, Germany and Poland are the most …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727738

Determinants for Foreign Direct Investment in the Baltic Sea Region

Nikula, Nuutti; Kotilainen, Markku - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2013

, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, and Russia. We investigate foreign direct investment (FDI) flows from 1995 to 2010 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010659126

Regional and sectoral effects of a common monetary policy: Evidence from euro referenda in Denmark and Sweden

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Maennig, Wolfgang; Osterheider, Tobias - 2009

examined are the 2000 and 2003 referenda held in Denmark and Sweden regarding participation in the EMU. We find that voters in …

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The Exchange Rate - A Shock-Absorber or Source of Shocks? A Study of Four Open Economies

Artis, Michael J; Ehrmann, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

The paper provides SVAR estimates for four open economies: the UK, Canada, Sweden and Denmark, making explicit a … another: monetary union appears easy to recommend for Sweden and Denmark, much less so for Canada and the UK. …

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The Desire for (Danish) Quality in High and Low Income Countries

Nguyen, Daniel X. - 2011

We estimate the correlation between firm prices and sales within a CN8 product-country-year market. We do this for every market to which at least 16 different Danish firms exported between 1999 and 2006. Approximately 60% of Danish exports are to markets in which the price is negatively...

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