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Lithuania, China and EU lawfare to counter economic coercion : breaking bad?

Blockmans, Steven - 2021

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The Influcence of Chinese Trade Policy on Automobile Assembly and Parts

Swenson, Deborah L. - 2021

This paper analyzes the economic effects of content-based import tariffs China imposed on imported auto parts. While China’s policy penalized any firm that assembled cars with less than 60 percent Chinese content, the policy was most likely to affect foreign affiliated firms who were more...

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Defending Gibrat's Law as a Long-Run Regularity

Lotti, Francesca; Santarelli, Enrico; Vivarelli, Marco - 2021

According to Gibrat's Law of Proportionate Effect, the growth rate of a given firm is independent of its size at the beginning of the period examined. While earlier studies tended to confirm the Law, more recent research generally rejects it. This paper reconciles these two streams of...

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A Survey of the Economic Role of Software Platforms in Computer-Based Industries

Evans, David S.; Schmalensee, Richard; Hagiu, Andrei - 2021

Software platforms are a critical component of the computer systems, underpinning leading-edge products ranging from third-generation mobile phones to video games. After describing some key economic features of computer systems and software platforms, the paper presents case studies of personal...

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Does Outsourcing Increase Profitability?

Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife - 2021

outsourcing. The empirical analysis uses unique plant level data for the electronics sector in Ireland. A particular feature of … the data is that it records detailed information for 12 electronics sub-sectors covering both manufacturing and services …

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Blessing or Curse? Domestic Plants' Survival and Employment Prospects after Foreign Acquisitions

Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger - 2021

survival prospects and employment growth of that plant. The analysis uses plant level data for the UK electronics and food … plant in both the electronics and food sectors. Estimations of the determinants of employment growth in domestic plants … electronics industry. There is no significant effect for the food sector, however …

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