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Chapter 8. Trade, Intellectual Property Rights, and the World Trade Organization
Saggi, K. - 2016
This chapter surveys the literature on international trade and the protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the global economy. The discussion is organized around the major questions in the field. How does openness to trade affect national incentives for patent protection? What is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023447
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Export or merge? : proximity vs. concentration in product space
Muendler, Marc-Andreas - 2013
This paper proposes a proximity-concentration tradeoff in product space as a determinant of horizontal foreign direct investment (FDI). Firms that enter a foreign market by exporting are able to capture consumer surplus from introducing a differentiated product with characteristics that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010227197
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Export or Merge? Proximity vs. Concentration in Product Space
Muendler, Marc-Andreas - 2014
This paper proposes a proximity-concentration tradeoff in product space as a determinant of horizontal foreign direct investment (FDI). Firms that enter a foreign market by exporting are able to capture consumer surplus from introducing a differentiated product with characteristics that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013060458
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Influence of governance indicators on illicit financial outflow from developing countries
Abotsi, Anselm Komla - In: Contemporary economics 12 (2018) 2, pp. 139-152
scrutiny of the quality of governance indicators that enhance the activities of these multinational companies. Therefore, this … study seeks to explore the influence of cross-country indicators of governance on the illicit financial flow from developing … Indicators and Worldwide Governance Indicators. The total number of developing countries included in the analysis is 139, and …
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Multimarket linkages, cartel discipline and trade costs
Agnosteva, Delina; Syropoulos, Constantinos; Yotov, Yoto V. - 2017
strategically linked via the incentive compatibility constraint. Importantly, trade costs affect cartel shipments and welfare not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011781965
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Unilateral climate policy and foreign direct investment with firm and country heterogeneity
Sanna Randaccio, Francesca; Sestini, Roberta; Tarola, … - 2014
complemented by mechanisms for promoting the international transfer of clean technologies. Welfare implications are also discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010357958
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An FDI is an FDI is an FDI? : the growth effects of greenfield investment and mergers and acquisitions in developing countries
Harms, Philipp; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume - 2011 - This version: November 15, 2011
We explore the effect of foreign direct investment on economic growth in developing countries, distinguishing between mergers and acquisitions ("M&As") and "greenfield" investment. A simple model captures the key difference between the two types of FDI: unlike greenfield investment, M&As partly...
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Explaining the global landscape of foreign direct investment : knowledge capital, gravity, and the role of culture and institutions
Schneider, Sophie Therese; Wacker, Konstantin - 2020
In this paper, we empirically re-assess the question which theoretical models and motives are most suitable to explain global patterns of foreign direct investment (FDI). Compared to previous studies, we use bilateral FDI positions with a much more comprehensive coverage of emerging and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012208115
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World market access of emerging-market firms : the role of foreign ownership and access to external finance
Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - 2013
This paper uses micro-data from the World Bank Investment Climate Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign ownership and access to external finance affect the likelihood of manufacturers in emerging markets to export and/or import. Applying propensity score matching to control for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009772816
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World market access of emerging-market firms : the role of foreign ownership and access to external finance
Raff, Horst; Trofimenko, Natalia - 2013
This paper uses micro-data from the World Bank Investment Climate Surveys 2002-2006 to investigate how foreign ownership and access to external finance affect the likelihood of manufacturers in emerging markets to export and/or import. Applying propensity score matching to control for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009762374