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Pennies from haven: wages and profit shifting

Alstadsæter, Annette; Bjørkheim, Julie Brun; Davies, … - 2022

, an activity that generates inequality in corporate taxation. Here, we examine how profit shifting relates to wage … inequality. Using rich matched employer-employee data from Norway, we find that profit-shifting firms pay higher wages … multinationals meaningfully contributes to wage inequality, both between and within firms. Finally, our back …

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Does redistribution hurt growth? : an empirical assessment of the redistribution-growth relationship in the European Union

Christl, Michael; Köppl-Turyna, Monika; De Poli, Silvia - 2024

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Redistribution across Europe : how much and to whom?

Hammer, Bernhard; Christl, Michael; De Poli, Silvia - 2021

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Monetary compensation schemes during the COVID-19 pandemic : implications for household incomes, liquidity constraints and consumption across the EU

Christl, Michael; De Poli, Silvia; Figari, Francesco; … - 2022 - Revised May 2022

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Learning or leaning : persistent and transitory spillovers from FDI

Davies, Ronald B.; Lamla, Michael; Schiffbauer, Marc - 2016

Using firm-level data for Jordan, we estimate the extent to which growth spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI) to local firms stem from persistent learning externalities (i.e., they endure even after foreign investment leaves as knowledge has been transferred to local firms) or from...

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The impact of Everything But Arms on EU relative labour demand

Davies, Ronald B.; Desbordes, Rodolphe - 2016

The Everything But Arms agreement, introduced by the EU in 2001, eliminated duties on most imports from the least developed countries. To avail of these benefits, however, the exported product must contain a sufficiently large share of local content. Thus, the agreement may have affected both...

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The impact of special economic zones on electricity intensity of firms

Davies, Ronald B.; Mazhikeyev, Arman; Edwards, Terence Huw - 2016

In light of concerns over the environmental impact of Special Economic Zones located in developing countries, where environmental regulation is weak, we analyse the electricity intensity of firms in SEZs. We use firm level data from Africa and Asia, and we find that SEZ firms have higher...

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The glass border: gender and exporting in developing countries

Davies, Ronald B.; Mazhikeyev, Arman - 2015

Using firm level data across 99 developing and transition economies, we explore the productivity differences between firms depending on their export status and the gender of their owners. We find that female-owned exporters have roughly half the exporter productivity premium of comparable male...

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The structure of multinational firms' international activities

Davies, Ronald B.; Markusen, James R. - 2020

The structure of a multinational firm, that is how its affiliates relate to one another, is critical for understanding where multinationals locate, how policy affects them, and their resilience to localized shocks. Here, we review the two main structures - market-seeking horizontal and...

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The impact of taxes on the extensive and intensive margins of FDI

Davies, Ronald B.; Siedschlag, Iulia; Studnicka, Zuzanna - 2016

The design of optimal tax policy, especially with respect to attracting FDI, hinges on whether taxes affect multinational firms at the extensive or the intensive margins. Nevertheless, the literature has not yet explored the simultaneous impact of taxation on FDI on these two margins. Using...

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