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This paper analyses the potential for productivity spillovers from inward foreign direct investment using administrative panel data on firms for Hungary. We hypothesise that the potential for spillovers is related to observable characteristics of the production process of foreign affiliates, and...
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It is widely accepted that China has been experiencing an export-led growth approach. However, the question whether …
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This paper investigates whether government support can act to increase exporting activity. We use a uniquely rich data …. Our results suggest that if grants are large enough they can encourage already exporting firms to compete more effectively … on the international market. However, there is little evidence that grants encourage non-exporters to start exporting. …
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productivity/ low pollution firms. They also fail to consider potential differences in abatement efforts by exporting status. Our …
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/ product innovations for a group of newly exporting Spanish firms vs. a non-exporter control group. We use propensity score … kernel matching and difference-in-differences to help deal with endogenous exporting, sunk exporting costs and common … macroeconomic shocks. Our results confirm that selection into exporting is largely driven by productivity and industry technological …
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This paper aids our understanding of the link between innovation and exporting behavior by detailing how firms may … firms who invest in the state-of-the-art technologies pursue a more aggressive exporting strategy and test this hypothesis …
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The determinants of default risk of banks in emerging economies have so far received inadequate attention in the literature. This paper seeks to study the determinants of bank asset quality and profitability using panel data techniques and robust data sets for the period between 1997 and 2009....
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We explore whether the introduction of trust based working hours is related to the subsequent innovation performance of firms. Employing a panel data set of over 5,000 German establishments, we implement a propensity score matching approach where we only consider firms that did not use trust...
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The paper focuses on the role of Science Parks (SPs) as seedbeds of innovation. It investigates whether and to what extent locating inside a science park relates to the innovative output of tenant firms. The simple assessment methodology proposed relies on count data models, uses patents as...
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Using enterprise data for the economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS, this study examines the effects of corruption on productivity. Corruption is defined as a “bribe tax” and is compared to another form of institutional inefficiency, which is often believed to be closely linked...
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