The aim of this paper is to evaluate the causal effect of foreign acquisition on R&D intensity in targeted domestic firms. We are able to distinguish domestic multinationals and non-multinationals, which allows us to investigate the fear that the change in ownership of domestic to foreign...

Intro -- Preface -- 1 - Introduction -- 2 - Recent Methodological Developments in Economic History -- 3 - The Making of the Economic Historian: Eli F.Heckscher, 1897-1904* -- 4 - Eli Heckscher and the Holy Trinity -- 5 - Heckscher-Ohlin Theory and Individual Attitudes Toward Globalization -- 6 -...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- CESifo Book Series in Economic Policy -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Demography -- 2 Public Support for the Old -- 3 Public Support for Families and Children -- 4 Child-Related Elements in Public Pension Schemes -- 5 Life-cycle...

This paper econometrically models the dynamics of Swedish government bond (SGB) yields. It examines whether the short-term interest rate has a decisive influence on long-term SGB yields, after controlling for other macroeconomic and financial variables, such as consumer price inflation, the...