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Export or Merge? Proximity vs. Concentration in Product Space

Muendler, Marc-Andreas - 2014

This paper proposes a proximity-concentration tradeoff in product space as a determinant of horizontal foreign direct investment (FDI). Firms that enter a foreign market by exporting are able to capture consumer surplus from introducing a differentiated product with characteristics that the...

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The Trade and Welfare Effects of Mergers in Space

Egger, Hartmut; Egger, Peter H. - 2021

This paper analyzes the consequences of cross-border mergers in a spatial framework, thereby distinguishing three channels of influence: a price increase due to the elimination of product market competition, an adjustment in plant location which reduces overall transportation cost expenditures,...

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The Internationalisation of Production, International Outsourcing and Employment in the OECD

Molnár, Margit - 2007

This paper reviews some of the possible changes that may occur in the national labour markets of many OECD countries as a result of international trade and the internationalisation of production by multinational companies, with a particular focus on the impact of outward foreign direct...

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Is Human Capital Losing from Outsourcing? Evidence for Austria and Poland

Lorentowicz, Andzelika - 2006

Feenstra and Hanson (1997) have argued in the context of the North American Free Trade Agreement that US outsourcing to … skill part. As a result, skilled workers in Austria are losing from outsourcing, while gaining in Poland. In Austria …. In both countries outsourcing contributes roughly 35 percent to these changes in the relative wages for skilled worker …

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Preference Bias and Outsourcing to Market : A Steady-State Analysis

Wang, Ping - 2008

We analyze a model that focuses on the export/outsource decision. Outsourcing has the advantage of providing better … technology embodied in the local capital. The decision of whether to offer an outsourcing contract weighs these two effects … against each other. The host country accepts the outsourcing contract if the higher price they pay for the outsourced good is …

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A Spatial Analysis of Inward FDI and Rural-Urban Wage Inequality : Evidence from China

Wang, Hao - 2020

When investigating the relationship between inward FDI and rural-urban inequality, previous studies overlook the inter-regional interactions. Building on the literature that highlights the significant role of rural-urban migration in inequality, this article investigates spatial spillover effect...

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The Location of Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions in the USA

Brakman, Steven - 2015

The research on the location choice for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is traditionally restricted to a choice between countries. The within-country location choice is less prominent in the literature. If within-country location decisions are considered it is mostly limited to Greenfield...

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Asset Ownership and Foreign-Market Entry

Raff, Horst - 2006

This paper examines the link between a firm's ownership of productive assets and its choice of foreign-market entry strategy. We find that, controlling for industry - and country-specific characteristics, the most productive firms (i.e., those owning the most assets) will enter through...

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Taxes, Profit Shifting, and the Real Activities of Mnes : Evidence from Corporate Tax Notches

Hansen, Jaqueline; Merlo, Valeria; Wamser, Georg - 2023

We exploit exogenous variation in tax notches created by controlled foreign corporation (CFC) rules to better understand the profit-shifting behavior of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and its consequences for real activity. Using new data on CFC rules and information on direct parent-affiliate...

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Optimal Ownership and Firm Performance : An Analysis of China's FDI Liberalization

Eppinger, Peter; Ma, Hong - 2023

Seminal theories of the firm posit that firm ownership is allocated to minimize contractual inefficiencies. Yet, it remains unclear how much the optimal ownership choice affects firm performance in practice. This paper provides a first quantification of the gains from optimal ownership within...

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