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Reichen die auf dem G-20-Gipfel beschlossenen Maßnahmen aus, die Finanzmärkte zu regulieren und die Wahrscheinlichkeit zukünftiger Krisen zu senken? Für Rolf J. Langhammer, Institut für Weltwirtschaft, Kiel, dienten die Beschlüsse des G-20-Gipfels der Krisenüberwindung und dem Versuch,...
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Reichen die auf dem G-20-Gipfel beschlossenen Maßnahmen aus, die Finanzmärkte zu regulieren und die Wahrscheinlichkeit zukünftiger Krisen zu senken? Für Rolf J. Langhammer, Institut für Weltwirtschaft, Kiel, dienten die Beschlüsse des G-20-Gipfels der Krisenüberwindung und dem Versuch,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008575442
This paper investigates the role of global economic uncertainty in Dunning’s investment development path (IDP … countries’ net outward investment (NOI) follows a non-linear pattern even after incorporating global economic uncertainty into … the analysis. At the same time, global economic uncertainty has non-linear effects on NOI subject to the level of economic …
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Does anti-migration sentiment threaten internationalization? One major pro-Brexit argument was that it would enable more control over immigration. The most recent US presidential election also focused on immigration. Anti-migration sentiment could be a threat to internationalization, given that...
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In a stylized model of multinational firms choosing host locations for their global value chains, host-country governments choose the strength of collective-bargaining rights that allow their workers to receive a share of the resulting quasi-rents. Each government must trade off the direct...
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Although most empirical studies conclude that uncertainty delays firms' investments based on real options theory …, empirical evidence regarding the impact of uncertainty on innovation is mixed. This study examines the impact of geopolitical … firm characteristics, macroeconomic environment, other uncertainty measures, time, and alternative GPR and R&D measures, as …
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Recently, there has been an effort to construct more qualitative indicators to measure international labour standards. These indicators include grading by experts, coding of legislation and other textual sources. This paper uses normative indicators to construct country profiles that help to map...
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Considering the persistent violation of labour rights, questions arise as to the effectiveness of policy instruments regarding the governance of global labour standards. We adopt an industrial relations perspective to compare three broad categories of policy instruments: state-centred...
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This paper analyzes the impact of countries' tax attractiveness on the allocation of risk within multinational groups. Our dataset contains subsidiaries located in 32 European countries and owned by parents from 90 different countries globally. We show that tax symmetry positively influences the...
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Can a temporary negative shock generate long-lasting effects on economic activities? To show causal evidence, we utilize data from Japanese multinational corporations (MNCs) and explore the economic impact of the unexpected escalation of an island dispute between China and Japan in 2012. Our...
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