Multi-unit firms have productivity advantages over competitors because of their use of a non-rival asset—firm-specific knowledge—in several units. Using knowledge-intensive services leads to economies of scope in production by multi-unit firms. Such headquarter are usually supplied by parent...

In this paper, we model a manufacturing and a transport sector and use export volumes to determine the demand for transport services. If trade exceeds a particular level, transport service suppliers maximise profit by investing in an advanced transport technology, which lowers their marginal...

In dieser Untersuchung werden Indikatoren wie Offenheit, die Intensität des Intra-industriellen Handels, Feldstein-Horioka-Koeffizienten, grenzüberschreitende Flüsse von Lizenzzahlungen und Anteile der Produktion der Unternehmen eines Landes im Ausland herangezogen, um die Integration Japans...