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Globalisierung im Spiegel von Theorie und Empirie
Beyfuß, Jörg; Fuest, Winfried; Grömling, Michael; … - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000635746
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Ownership, Capital or Outsourcing: What Drives German Investment to Eastern Europe?
Lorentowicz, Andzelika; Marin, Dalia; Raubold, Alexander - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
The Paper takes a first look at the host and home country effects of German foreign direct investment (FDI) in Eastern Europe based on new survey data of 1050 investment projects in Eastern Europe by 420 German multinationals during the 1990s. We find that German investors transfer a substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666929
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Grossman-Hart (1986) Goes Global: Incomplete Contracts, Property Rights, and the International Organization of Production
Antràs, Pol - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
I survey the influence of Grossman and Hart's (1986) seminal paper in the field of International Trade. I discuss the implementation of the theory in open-economy environments and its implications for the international organization of production and the structure of international trade flows. I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320400
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Die neue Arbeitswelt : deutsche Unternehmen - global, aber nicht heimatlos
Wodok, Andreas (contributor) - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001719902
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The Structure of Corporate ownership in Privatized Utilities
Trillas, Francesco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
The purpose of this Paper is to study the determinants of the concentration of ownership in a privatized, regulated firm. The discussion illustrates some aspects of the costs and benefits of different corporate systems. Privatized utilities are large firms with professional management: there is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123598
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Curb Your Innovation: Corporate Conservatism in the Presence of Imperfect Intellectual Property Rights
Baccara, Mariagiovanna; Razin, Ronny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
In this Paper we analyse the effects of information leakage on the incentives to innovate in firms. We analyse a situation in which an employee in a firm is inspired with a new idea for a product. In a framework in which Intellectual Property Rights on ideas are absent, we analyse the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124054
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Incentives and the Management of Enterprises in Economic Transition: Capital Markets Are Not Enough
Mayhew, Ken; Seabright, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992
external reforms. Empirically, the paper examines progress towards enterprise restructuring in Eastern Germany and Poland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124125
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Which Investors Fear Expropriation? Evidence from Investors' Stock Picking
Giannetti, Mariassunta; Simonov, Andrei - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
Using a data-set that provides unprecedented details on individual investors’ stockholdings, we analyse whether investors take into account corporate governance when they select stocks. After controlling for the supply effect via free float and other firm characteristics, we find that all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114455
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The Brain Gain of Corporate Boards: A Natural Experiment from China
Giannetti, Mariassunta; Liao, Guanmin; Yu, Xiaoyun - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We study the impact of directors with foreign experience on firms in emerging markets. To establish causality, we use a unique dataset from China and exploit that at different times, Chinese provinces introduced policies to attract highly talented emigrants. These policies led to an exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084604
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Offshoring: General Equilibrium Effects on Wages, Production and Trade
Baldwin, Richard; Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
A simple model of offshoring, which depicts offshoring as ‘shadow migration,’ permits straightforward derivation of … necessary and sufficient conditions for the effects on wages, prices, production and trade. We show that offshoring requires … modification of the four classic international trade theorems, so econometricians who ignore offshoring might reject the Heckscher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504595