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Firm location determinants : empirical evidence for France
Rocha, Nadia - 2008
non-exporting firms. Our results show that agglomeration economies at zip-code level strongly effect the location decision … of industrial establishments and find the presence of agglomeration shadows, one of the core predictions of the standard … New Economic Geography formulations. -- Firm Location ; Agglomeration Economies ; Agglomeration Shadows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003891875
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Knowledge, location, and internationalization : empirical evidence for manufacturing SMEs
Lejpras, Anna - 2012
This paper investigates the links between locational conditions, innovative capabilities and internationalization of manufacturing SMEs. Two modes of foreign market servicing are explored: exporting activity and relocating of selected business activities abroad. The empirical analysis employs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579357
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Flexibility vs. rigidity : does Spain have the worst of both worlds?
Saint-Paul, Gilles (contributor) - 2000
In this paper we study the structure of labor market flows in Spain and compare them with France and the US. We characterize a number of empirical regularities and stylized facts. One striking result is that the job finding rate is slightly higher than in France, while the job loss rate is much...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009520500
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Agglomeration effects and the location of foreign direct investment : evidence from French first-time movers
Procher, Vivien - 2009
absolute and relative agglomeration measures suggest that French investors are rather attracted by firm cluster in general, or … by the unobserved factors that led to the agglomeration in the first place, than by any nation-specific firm cluster …. -- Foreign direct investment ; location choices ; agglomeration ; small- and medium-sized enterprises …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824854
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Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Index : a new employment series for the US, Canada, and the UK
Akcigit, Ufuk; Chhina, Raman; Cilasun, Seyit Mümin; … - 2023
Small and young businesses are essential for job creation, innovation, and economic growth. Even most of the superstar firms start their business life small and then grow over time. Small firms have less internal resources, which makes them more fragile and sensitive to macroeconomic conditions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014316476
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Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Index : a new employment series for the US, Canada, and the UK
Akcigit, Ufuk; Chhina, Raman; Cilasun, Seyit Mümin; … - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023
Small and young businesses are essential for job creation, innovation, and economic growth. Even most of the superstar firms start their business life small and then grow over time. Small firms have less internal resources, which makes them more fragile and sensitive to macroeconomic conditions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014281853
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Dismissal protection and long-term sickness absence - first evidence from Germany
Gürtzgen, Nicole; Hiesinger, Karolin - 2020
This paper analyses the causal effects of weaker dismissal protection on the incidence of long-term sickness ( six weeks). We exploit a German policy change, which shifted the threshold exempting small establishments from dismissal protection from five to ten workers. Using administrative data,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012253039
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Dismissal protection and long-term sickness absence : first evidence from Germany
Gürtzgen, Nicole; Hiesinger, Karolin - 2020
This paper analyses the causal effects of weaker dismissal protection on the incidence of long-term sickness ( six weeks). We exploit a German policy change, which shifted the threshold exempting small establishments from dismissal protection from five to ten workers. Using administrative data,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012267172
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Real estate prices and corporate investment : theory and evidence of heterogeneous effects across firms
Fougère, Denis; Lecat, Rémy; Ray, Simon - 2018
In this paper, we investigate the effect of real estate prices on productive investment. We build a simple theoretical framework of firms' investment with credit rationing and real estate collateral. We show that real estate prices affect firms' borrowing capacities through two channels. An...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951732
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Zones d'échanges habitat - emploi : contours en 1982 et évolution 1975 - 1982
Ronsac, Jean-Jaques (contributor) - 1986
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000729158