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Corporate R&D and Firm Efficiency: Evidence from Europe’s Top R&D Investors

Kumbhakar, Subal C.; Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Potters, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

, measured by labour productivity. To this end, the stochastic frontier technique is applied, basing the analysis on a unique … results of this study suggest that – if the aim is to leverage companies' productivity – emphasis should be put on supporting …-tech sector turns out to have a minor effect. Instead, encouraging investment in fixed assets appears vital for the productivity …

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When, Where and How to Perform Efficiency Estimation

Badunenko, Oleg; Henderson, Daniel J.; Kumbhakar, Subal C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

In this paper we compare two flexible estimators of technical efficiency in a cross-sectional setting: the nonparametric kernel SFA estimator of Fan, Li and Weersink (1996) to the nonparametric bias corrected DEA estimator of Kneip, Simar and Wilson (2008). We assess the finite sample...

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Review of the Recent Trends in Development Economics Research: With Experience from the Federal Region of Kurdistan

Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This study is a review of the recent trends in development economics research. The focus is on the development in the recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the development in a number area where similar trends are...

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Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?

Sabirianova Peter, Klara; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Economic development implies that the efficiency of firms in developing countries is approaching that of firms in advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic and Russia, economies that represent alternative models of implementing development policies,...

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Much Ado About Nothing? Do Domestic Firms Really Benefit from Foreign Direct Investment?

Görg, Holger; Greenaway, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

productivity, wages and exports spillovers in developing, developed and transitional economies. Although theory can identify a …

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Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and FDI Spillovers

Sabirianova Peter, Klara; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

We establish that domestically owned firms in two alternative models of emerging market economies, the Czech Republic and Russia, have not been converging to the technological frontier set by foreign owned firms. In both countries, the distance of domestic firms to the frontier grew (in all...

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Determinants of Inter-Country Internet Diffusion Rates

Wunnava, Phanindra V.; Leiter, Daniel B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper employs cross-sectional data from 100 countries to analyze the main determinants of inter-country Internet diffusion rates. We set up an empirical model based on strong theoretical foundations, in which we regress Internet usage on variables that capture social, economic and political...

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The Economic Impact of Immigration in Greece: Taking Stock of the Existing Evidence

Cholezas, Ioannis; Tsakloglou, Panos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Greece was traditionally an emigration country. However, since the early 1990s it became an immigrant destination and …

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The Gender Wage Gap as a Function of Educational Degree Choices in an Occupationally Segregated EU Country

Livanos, Ilias; Pouliakas, Konstantinos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

graduates contributes to the gender pay gap, and the reasons underlying their distinct educational choices. The case of Greece …

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Earnings Determination and Taxes: Evidence from a Cohort Based Payroll Tax Reform in Greece

Saez, Emmanuel; Matsaganis, Manos; Tsakloglou, Panos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper analyzes the response of earnings to payroll tax rates using a cohort-based reform in Greece. All … productivity as workers age. …

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