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The Centre for European Reform is a think-tank devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the European Union. It is a forum for people with ideas from Britain and across the continent to discuss the many political, economic and social challenges facing Europe. It seeks to work with...
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payoffs to the client’s decision. We test this frame work using a new data set on bribery of Peruvian public officials by … households. The theory predicts that bribery is more attractive to both parties when the client is richer, and we find … empirically that both bribery incidence and value are increasing in household income. However, 65% of the relation between bribery …
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This study provides the first systematic measure of bribery using micro-level data on reported earnings, household …-reported compensation in thepublic sector. Using the conditions of labor market equilibrium, we develop an aggregatemeasure of bribery and … find that the lower bound estimate of the extent of bribery in Ukraine is between 460 mln and 580 mln U.S. dollars (0 …
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regarding bribery. Bribery in international business transactions can be seen as a function of not only the demand for such … representatives. This study addresses the propensity of firms from 30 different countries to engage in international bribery. The … study incorporates both domestic (economic development, culture, and domestic corruption in the supplying country) and …
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The objective of this thesis is to investigate the potential contribution of transnational corporations (TNC) to the upgrading of systems of innovation in late-industrialising countries. This study looks specifically at TNC-affiliierter in Thailand’s manufacturing sector and compares them with...
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This report reviews recent global efforts to privatize energy resources and outlines the opportunities and challenges privatization has presented to U.S. and foreign multinational energy companies. The group of energy companies studied in this report includes the major U.S. petroleum companies...
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For many firms, there is no long term effective strategy except to continue to grow and evolve through innovation. Hence, investment in developing these capabilities is a significant managerial priority. The original view within international business research holds that these capabilities are...
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This dissertation studies the relationship between firm ownership and firm performanceas measured by firm productivity and profitability. Given the vast dispersion in owner andfirm characteristics, changes in ownership have the potential to translate into differences infirm performance. Chapter...
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This paper analyzes the demand for labor by home multinational enterprises (MNEs) in Europe. To this end we use a unique firm level panel data set of more than 1,200 European multinational enterprises and their subsidiaries that are located in either the European Union, Central and Eastern...
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