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International Sourcing, Product Complexity and Intellectual Property Rights

Naghavi, Alireza; Spies, Julia; Toubal, Farid - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2011

In this paper, we propose the technological complexity of a product and the level of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) protection to be the co-determinants of the mode through which multinational firms purchase their goods. We study the choice between intra-firm trade and outsourcing given...

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FDI and Wages: Evidence from Firm-Level and Linked Employer-Employee Data in Hungary, 1986-2008

Earle, John S.; Telegdy, Almos; Antal, Gabor - Közgazdaság-tudományi Intézet, Közgazdaság- és … - 2012

We estimate the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) acquisitions on firm-average and worker-specific wages using …-long panel with 4,926 foreign acquisitions to match on pre-acquisition data and to control for fixed effects for firms, detailed … on average wages. In an extension to 983 foreign acquisitions subsequently divested to domestic owners, we find that much …

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Spillovers from Multinationals to Heterogeneous Domestic Firms: Evidence from Hungary

Bekes, Gabor; Kleinert, Jörn; Toubal, Farid - Közgazdaság-tudományi Intézet, Közgazdaság- és … - 2006

Firms cluster their economic activities to exploit technological and informational spillovers from other firms. Spillovers through the entry of multinational firms can be particularly beneficial to domestic firms because of their technological superiority. Yet, the importance of foreign firm's...

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