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Foreign direct investment and trade : a bi-directional gravity approach
Harach, Monika; Rodriguez-Crespo, Ernesto - 2014
This paper compares the traditional gravity model with a bidirectional approach when multilateral resistance is implemented to analyze the effect of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) on exports. We use cross-sectional HS trade data disaggregated at a 6-digit level in 2010 with controls for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010411135
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Choosing an anchor currency for the Pacific
Freitag, Stephan - 2010
This paper analyses currency options for six Pacific states - Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu - that issue their own currencies. Empirical estimates indicate that these states already stabilize their currencies against the US dollar because of their large and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008667619
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Choosing an Anchor Currency for the Pacific
Freitag, Stephan - 2010
This paper analyses currency options for six Pacific states - Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu – that issue their own currencies. Empirical estimates indicate that these states already stabilize their currencies against the US dollar because of their large and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137528
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Pattern, determinants and dynamics of Austrian service exports : a firmlevel analysis
Wolfmayr, Yvonne; Christen, Elisabeth; Pfaffermayr, Michael - 2013
Most firm-level research on the characteristics and strategies of globalized firms focuses on manufacturing industries while firm-level evidence on trade in services is still rare and has just recently begun to emerge. This study uses an unique dataset of Austrian service exporting firms over a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392364
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The wage premium of globalization : evidence from European mergers and acquisitions
Oberhofer, Harald; Stöckl, Matthias; Winner, Hannes - 2012
We provide evidence on the impact of globalization on labor market outcomes analyzing pay differences between foreign-acquired and domestically-owned firms. For this purpose, we use firm level data from 16 European countries over the time period 1999 to 2006. Applying propensity score matching...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009731061
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The Impact of EU Enlargement on European Border Regions
Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2005
EU enlargement is supposed to entail profound impact on the location of economic activities in Europe. Although there … is concern about the implications of enlargement for regional disparities in the EU, corresponding empirical results are … border regions in the EU27 since they are likely to play a critical role within the spatial dynamics initiated by integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014062111
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The Wage Premium of Globalization : Evidence from European Mergers and Acquisitions
Oberhofer, Harald - 2012
We provide evidence on the impact of globalization on labor market outcomes analyzing pay differences between foreign-acquired and domestically-owned firms. For this purpose, we use firm level data from 16 European countries over the time period 1999-2006. Applying propensity score matching...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013111673
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Decomposing service exports adjustments along the intensive and extensive margin at the firm-level
Christen, Elisabeth; Pfaffermayr, Michael; Wolfmayr, Yvonne - 2017
suggest high service export potentials due to regulatory reform in partner countries within the EU. Adjustments at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011667918
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Trade, integration and interregional inequality : conference paper
Hirte, Georg; Lessmann, Christian - 2014 - This version: February 20, 2013
We study the effect of international trade and freeness of trade on interregional inequality within countries. We estimate a model derived from a structural economic geography approach where interregional inequality depends on weighted trade shares and trade costs and where we can derive an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491189
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Capital and trade flows in Europe and the impact of enlargement
Buch, Claudia M.; Piazolo, Daniel - 2000
The Eastern enlargement of the European Union (EU) is likely to give a further boost to trade and capital flows, yet … determinants of international asset holdings and trade flows. We find in most regressions that EU membership has a significant … effect. Based on additional simulations of the expected flows to ten transition economies, we conclude that for the EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472489