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Foreign and domestic takeovers in Germany: First comparative evidence on the post-acquisition target performance using new data
Weche Gelübcke, John P. - 2012
This study provides the first comparative evidence of foreign and domestic acquisitions in Germany. A propensity score matching approach combined with a difference-in-difference estimator were performed separately for foreign and domestic acquisitions to account for a general takeover effect....
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Foreign and domestic takeovers in Germany: Cherry-picking and lemon-grabbing
Weche-Gelübcke, John P. - 2012
This study focuses on ex ante performance of domestic and foreign takeover targets in Germany, one of the most important FDI inflow destinations worldwide. Using a new database from German official statistics, unconditional comparisons as well as binary response model estimations of takeover...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294465
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Internationale Direktinvestitionen: Determinanten und Konsequenzen für den Standort Deutschland
Klodt, Henning; Maurer, Rainer - 1996
Elektrotechnik. Das außerordentlich niedrige Niveau ausländischer Direktinvestitionen in Deutschland hat vielfältige Ursachen … neunziger Jahre neben Deutschland zahlreiche andere EU-Länder (darunter auch Großbritannien) ein Defizit in der …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295153
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Exports, foreign direct investment, and productivity: Evidence from German firm level data
Wagner, Joachim - 2005
This paper presents the first empirical test with German establishment level data of a hypothesis derived by Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple in a model that explains the decision of heterogeneous firms to serve foreign markets either trough exports or foreign direct investment: only the more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295451
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Export Structure, FDI and Child Labour
Busse, Matthias; Braun, Sebastian - 2003
The paper addresses the linkage between certain aspects of the increasing economic integration of world markets and the level of child labour. We empirically examine, first, the often-cited conventional wisdom that multinational enterprises invest in countries where the extent of child labour is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295477
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Unobserved firm heterogeneity and the size-exports nexus: Evidence from German panel data
Wagner, Joachim - 2002
This paper starts from the stylized fact that firm size and exporting tends to be positively related. Using large sets of establishment panel data for three different industries from official statistics evidence is presented that the familiar picture of an export/sales ratio that ceteris paribus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295516
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International Firm Activities and Innovation: Evidence from Knowledge Production Functions for German Firms
Wagner, Joachim - 2006
Using a knowledge production framework and a rich set of plant level data this study demonstrates that in Germany firms that are active on international markets as exporters or foreign direct investors do generate more new knowledge than firms which sell on the national market only. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295533
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Locating foreign affiliates in Germany: The case of Swedish MNEs
Braconier, Henrik; Ekholm, Karolina - 2001
schwedischer Tochtergesellschaften in Deutschland im Vergleich mit denen in anderen Ländern untersucht. Es zeigt sich, dass die … Multis, in Deutschland zu investieren. Dabei zeigt sich, dass die Standortentscheidung beeinflusst wird vom Niveau der … Lohnkosten in Deutschland und an anderen potentiellen Standorten in europäischen Hocheinkommensländern, aber nicht von den …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295592
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Glocalisation, foreign direct investment and regional development perspectives: Empirical results for West German regions
Knödler, Hermann; Albertshauser, Ulrich - 2001
The present paper examines the economic development perspectives of the manufacturing sector of 31 major West German regions in the process of globalisation. Public statistics do not provide FDI data on a regional basis. Therefore our study was based on indicators based on the data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295595
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Location choice and employment decisions: a comparison of German and Swedish multinationals
Becker, Sascha O.; Ekholm, Karolina; Jäckle, Robert; … - 2005
Using data for German and Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs), this paper assesses international employment patterns. It analyzes determinants of location choice and the degree of substitutability of labor across locations. Countries with highly skilled labor forces attract German MNEs, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295676