Local expenditures in neighbouring municipalities can be spatially interdependent due to spillovers, cooperation effects, competition effects or mimicking. In this paper, we aim to test the spatial interdependence of local public expenditures using data on 205 Czech municipalities. We found...

I examine whether foreign direct investment increases the productivity of manufacturing firms. I test the proposition that local firms benefit from supplying multinational firms (spillovers through backward linkages) and by purchasing inputs from multinationals (spillovers through forward...

In this paper, I have examined whether exporters benefit by exporting more, and also whether the productivity benefits from exporting more are heterogeneous across export destinations. I have conducted my own data collection field work and built a unique firm-level panel database of Czech...

Jaké motivy vedou vlády k poskytování pobídek zahraničním investorům? Které aspekty nejvíce ovlivňují nabízený objem úlev? Nakolik je mezinárodní „pobídková soutěž“ intenzivní? Jako nástroj zkoumání těchto otázek představíme dva mikroekonomické modely nabídky...