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The literature has documented a positive effect of foreign ownership on firm performance. But is this effect due to a one-time knowledge transfer or does it rely on continuous injections of knowledge? To shed light on this question we focus on divestments, that is, foreign affiliates that are...
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The underlying model analyzes the first time foreign market entry decision of a representative investor who can choose between export and FDI. The model combines the proximity-concentration trade-off framework with the real option methodology and sheds light on the effects of productivity...
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Performance of New Energy: Evidence from the OECD and Implications for China -- Chapter 6: Revisiting Reasons for Ten Years of … Power Shortages in China -- Chapter 7: Estimating the Cost of Carbon Abatement for China -- Chapter 8: Energy and Emission … Efficiency Evaluation and Emission Abatement Cost Estimation of China’s Major Industry Sectors -- Chapter 9: Allocation Mode and …
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Chinese firms faced an all-around trade liberalization process during the early 2000s: lower barriers from other countries on Chinese goods, and lower Chinese barriers on other countries' goods and inputs. Using novel firm-level tariff data for trading Chinese manufacturing firms, this paper...
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analysis reveals a rising low-income country trade share around and after China's accession to the World Trade Organization …
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matched firm-level customs and manufacturing survey data, together with Input-Output tables for China, to examine how Chinese … production stages conducted in China over the 1992-2014 period, both in the aggregate and within firms over time. Firms span more …
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Whether a firm is able to attract foreign capital and whether it may participate at the export market depends on whether the fixed costs associated with doing so are at least covered by the incremental operating profits. This paper provides evidence that success for some firms in attracting...
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Investment: A Firm-Level Empirical Investigation of China -- Distribution, Outward FDI, and Productivity Heterogeneity: China and …This book focuses on China's fast-growing outward foreign direct investment (ODI) and discusses the underlying causes … characteristics of China's ODI manufacturing enterprises, examine the relationship between enterprise productivity and ODI …
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This book traces regional income inequality in Spain during the transition from a pre-industrial society to a modern economy, using the Spanish case to shed further light on the challenges that emerging economies are facing today. Regional inequality is currently one of the most pressing...
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We study the economic implications of regional favoritism, a form of distributive politics that redistributes resources geographically within countries. Using enterprise surveys from low- and middle-income countries, we document that firms located close to leaders' birthplaces grow substantially...
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