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Exportweltmeister : the low returns on Germany's capital exports
Hünnekes, Franziska; Schularick, Moritz; Trebesch, … - 2019 - This version: July 3, 2019
Germany is world champion in exporting capital ("Exportweltmeister"). No other country invests larger amounts of savings outside its borders. However, Germany plays in the third division when it comes to investment performance, as we show in this paper. We study the returns on German foreign...
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Exportweltmeister : Germany's foreign investment returns in international comparison
Hünnekes, Franziska; Konradt, Maximilian; Schularick, … - 2023 - This version: February 13, 2023
In the past decade, Germany has been the world champion in exporting capital ("Exportweltmeister"). No other country invested larger amounts of savings outside its borders. However, we find that Germany plays in the third division when it comes to investment performance. To show this, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014232720
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Exportweltmeister : Germany's foreign investment returns in international comparison
Hünnekes, Franziska; Konradt, Maximilian; Schularick, … - 2023 - Revised version: April 2023
In the past decade, Germany has been the world champion in exporting capital (“Exportweltmeister”). No other country invested larger amounts of savings outside its borders. However, we find that Germany plays in the third division when it comes to investment performance. To show this, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014276058
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National Structures and Multinational Corporate Behavior : Enduring Differences in the Age of Globalization
Pauly, Louis W. - 2012
overseas investment and intrafirm trading strategies. Durable national institutions and distinctive ideological traditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098156
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Tax incentives and the location of FDI: evidence from a panel of German multinationals
Buettner, Thiess; Ruf, Martin - 2005
Using a firm-level dataset this paper investigates the impact of taxation on the decision of German multinationals to hold direct investments in other European countries or abroad. Controlling for firm-specific differences in the valuation of potential locations, the results confirm significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295685
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Exports versus FDI in German manufacturing: firm performance and participation in international markets
Arnold, Jens Matthias; Hussinger, Katrin - 2006
This paper tests some of the predictions of recent advances in trade theory that have focused on different trade patterns of firms within the same sector. Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple (2005) develop a model in which innate productivity differences between firms determine the degree of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295792
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Exports versus FDI in German Manufacturing: Firm Performance and Participation in International Markets
Arnold, Jens Matthias; Hussinger, Katrin - 2005
This paper tests some of the predictions of recent advances in trade theory that have focused on different trade patterns of firms within the same sector. Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple (2005) develop a model in which innate productivity differences between firms determine the degree of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297485
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Exchange rates and FDI: Goods versus capital market frictions
Buch, Claudia M.; Kleinert, Jörn - 2006
Economic theory provides two main explanations why changes in exchange rates can affect foreign direct investment (FDI …). According to a first explanation, FDI reacts to exchange rate changes if there are information frictions on capital markets and … explanation, FDI reacts to exchange rate changes if output and factor markets are segmented, and if firm-specific assets are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301807
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Cross-border mergers and acquisitions of multinational firms: New firm-level evidence
Arndt, Christian; Mattes, Anselm - 2010
FDI is an important channel for productivity spillovers across economies. But productivity and employment effects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281609
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International financial competitiveness and incentives to foreign direct investment
Jochem, Axel (contributor) - 2008
inward FDI stocks. For a panel of five advanced economies from 1980 to 2006 it is shown that price competitiveness, stable …-Saxon legislation also play a role. Financial competitiveness in turn encourages FDI inflows whereas it benefits fixed investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003794120