We present a North-South model of international trade in which differentiated products are developed in the North. Sectors are populated by final-good producers who differ in productivity levels. Based on productivity and sectoral characteristics, firms decide whether to integrate into the...

UN Resolution 77/244, adopted by the General Assembly on 30 December 2022, reaffirms earlier commitments by the United Nations to improve international tax cooperation, fight illicit financial flows, and combat aggressive tax avoidance and evasion. The resolution asks that the Secretary-General...

This study suggests a model for the agglomerative behaviour of MNEs with local competitors. Relying on foreign MNEs’ spatial distribution across 686 Italian Local Labor Systems, we find that MNEs’ locational behaviour is influenced by (i) informational externalities, giving rise to...

This report examines the place of China’s automobile industry in the global market and analyzes the recent, rapid increase in Chinese automobile exports. In addition, the implications carried by the rise of Chinese auto exports for the Korean automobile industry are identified and analyzed

The liberalization of economic policies in the last two decades and intensifying market competition tend to be a cause of policy concern for the survival of SMEs in emerging economies like India. These SMEs account for the largest chunk of industrial units and employment in the national economy....

The strategic literature on the choice between exporting and multinational production has looked only at the interaction between either (i) a single potential multinational (based in country A) and a single (or set of) domestic firm(s) (based in country B) or (ii) two potential MNEs based in...

The aim of this Paper is to improve our understanding of the empirical determinants of corporate growth by extending the literature to include a new group of variables related to FDI, namely the degree of foreign ownership and technology spillovers. Based on recent developments in the field, our...

We present a North-South model of international trade in which differentiated products are developed in the North. Sectors are populated by final-good producers who differ in productivity levels. Based on productivity and sectoral characteristics, firms decide whether to integrate into the...

Depending on the definition of the tax base, the statutory corporate tax rate implies rather different measures of effective average and marginal tax rates. This paper develops a model of a monopolistically competitive industry with extensive and intensive business investment and shows how these...