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The tradition of gravity models is in the analysis of trade flows with market size and geographic or economic distance as core variables. Both these variables can be important determinants of FDI, too. However, when such models are used to explain FDI, there can be differences in the mode of...
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Die Verlagerung von Arbeitsplätzen in die neuen EU-Beitrittsländer spielt derzeit in der arbeitsmarktpolitischen Diskussion eine große Rolle. Inwieweit hat sich die Öffnung der mittel- und osteuropäischen Beitrittsländer auf die Direktinvestitionen deutscher Unternehmen ausgewirkt? Welche...
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In this paper, we investigate internationalization strategies of German manufacturing firms in the European Union. We give reasons for the hypothesis that traditional market strategies had been replaced by border-crossing production networking based on the comparative advantage of host countries...
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Compared to other Western European countries, Germany was less successful in attracting FDI in the 1990s. The falling behind in inward-FDI should be no problem if foreign-owned firms (FoFs) were only substitutes for indigenous firms. However, to the extent they differ significantly in terms of...
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Die Unternehmensverflechtung durch Direktinvestitionen hat in der EU eine erhebliche Größenordnung erreicht. Die bilaterale Wirtschaftsverflechtung wird teilweise schon stärker durch Auslandsproduktion als durch Außenhandel geprägt. Inwieweit bringt die Auslandsproduktion deutscher...
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This study discriminates FDI technology spillover from learning effects. Whenever learning takes time, our model predicts that foreign investors deduct the economic value of learning from wages of inexperienced workers and add it to experienced ones to prevent them from moving to local...
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