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This study examines performance gaps among foreign-owned and domestically-owned Austrian firms. In line with earlier findings our results suggest that the positive effects of participating in a foreign multinational's network can mainly be found in productivity and profitability. A further...
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In this note we show that tax-rate elasticities of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Central and East European Countries (CEECs) derived from statutory corporate income tax rates (STRs) are likely to be flawed. From a conceptual point of view STRs are problematic as they neither capture tax...
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This Perspective compares the impact of improving infrastructure versus lowering taxes on attracting and keeping FDI and discusses the policy implications for countries seeking to attract FDI, especially countries currently debating the relative merits of cutting taxes versus increased spending.
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The authors explore the China-side determinants of China's industrial relocation to sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting several hurdles to substantial translocation that would jump start local economic development.
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Dieser Beitrag thematisiert die ökonomische Macht von Unternehmen in Österreich und stellt die Frage, ob diese - wie auch in anderen OECD-Ländern - zugenommen hat. Konzeptuell wird eine neuartige Differenzierung zwischen ökonomischer und politischer Macht sowie zwischen Marktmacht im engeren...
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Dieser Beitrag thematisiert die ökonomische Macht von Unternehmen in Österreich und stellt die Frage, ob diese - wie auch in anderen OECD-Ländern - zugenommen hat. Konzeptuell wird eine neuartige Differenzierung zwischen ökonomischer und politischer Macht sowie zwischen Marktmacht im engeren...
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First paragraph: According to many observers, one of the reasons why the Multilateral Agreement (MAI) failed was that it departed from conventional regulation, where the state sets the framework of rules and defines the obligations of companies. The MAI instead tried to define the rights of...
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Die Verhandlungen zwischen den USA und der EU über das Transatlantische Freihandels- und Investitionsabkommen (TTIP) sind in den letzten Monaten in das öffentliche Interesse gerückt. Umstritten ist vor allem das vorgesehene Investitionskapitel, das neben der Investitionsliberalisierung...
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This paper analyzes the importance of taxes on corporate income and production-related tangible infrastructure as detfirminants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Central- and Eastern European Countries (CEECs). We operationalize taxes using effective average tax rates on the bilateral level...
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