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Productivity and the sourcing modes of multinational firms: evidence from French firm-level data

Defever, Fabrice; Toubal, Farid - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

assume higher fixed costs under outsourcing and a firm-specific production function. We use detailed French firm-level data …

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Strategic control and strategic communication

Alonso, Ricardo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

This paper studies the optimal allocation of decision rights between an uninformed principal and an informed agent when interdependent activities need to be adapted to local conditions. While the principal cares only about overall profits the agent may favor higher, or lower, levels for each...

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Intra-firm trade and product contractibility (Long Version)

Bernard, Andrew B.; Redding, Stephen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

This paper examines the determinants of intra-firm trade in U.S. imports using detailed countryproductdata. We create a new measure of product contractibility based on the degree ofintermediation in international trade for the product. We find important roles for the interaction ofcountry and...

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Motivation and sorting in open source software innovation

Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

This paper studies the role of intrinsic motivation, reputation, and reciprocity in driving open source software innovation. Unlike previous literature based on survey data, we exploit the observed pattern of contributions - the .revealed preference. of developers - to infer the underlying...

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The determinants of intrafirm trade: evidence from French firms

Corcos, Gregory; Irac, Delphine M.; Mion, Giordano; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

How well does the theory of the firm explain the choice between intrafirm and arms' length trade? This paper uses firm-level import data from France to look into this question. We find support for three key predictions of property-rights theories of the multinational firm. Intrafirm imports are...

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The determinants of vertical integration in export processing: theory and evidence from China

Fernandes, Ana; Tang, Heiwai - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

outsourcing in export processing trade. We exploit the coexistence of two regulatory export processing regimes in China, which …

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Measuring the cost effectiveness of an R&D tax credit for the UK

Griffith, Rachel; Redding, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001

This paper investigates the economic impact of the government's proposed new UK R&D tax credit. We measure the benefit of the credit by the effect on value added in the short and long_run. This is simulated from existing econometric estimates of the tax_price elasticity of R&D and the effect of...

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New media, firms, ideas, and growth: European cities after Gutenberg

Dittmar, Jeremiah - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

evidence on media markets, knowledge transmission, and city growth across Europe 1450-1600. The paper construct- s …-level supply induced by heterogeneous manager deaths is used to identify the impact of print media on city-level population growth …. Local access to printed merchants' manuals used in business education was particularly associated with growth. New micro …

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Liberalization, globalization and the dynamics of democracy in India

Nachane, Dilip M. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

predicated via three sub-chains (i) from marketization to growth, (ii) from growth to overall material development welfare and … (iii) from material development to social welfare and democracy. We examine each of these sub-links in detail with a view …

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Recruitment and selection in organizations

Alonso, Ricardo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

This paper studies employer recruitment and selection of job applicants when productivity is match-specific. Job-seekers have private, noisy assessments of their match value and the firm performs noisy interviews. Job-seekers' willingness to undergo a costly hiring process will depend both on...

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