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McCann, Fergal - 2008

I outline the effect of business networks on trade, FDI and welfare in a two-country, two-firm duopoly. The network effect, following Greaney (2002), is modelled as a marginal cost disadvantage facing a firm from Foreign in selling to Home. Unlike traditional trade costs, this cost cannot be...

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International outsourcing's role in international technology diffusion : the Irish case

McCann, Fergal - 2009

This paper analyses how international outsourcing affects plant productivity, with the major contribution lying in the … affiliates, tfp increases are lower, insignificant and sometimes negative. On the other hand, a higher intensity of outsourcing …, indigenous non-exporters are found to increase tfp for two periods after entering into international outsourcing, while …

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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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Location decisions of non-bank financial foreign direct investment : firm-level evidence from Europe

Davies, Ronald B.; Killeen, Neill - 2015

The non-bank financial sector in the euro area has more than doubled in size over the last decade reflecting the substantial growth in shadow banking activities. However, a large proportion of the non-bank financial sector remains unmapped as granular balance sheet information is not available...

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Local linkages : the interdependence of foreign and domestic firms

Hynes, Kate; Kwan, Yum-keung; Foley, Anthony - 2017 - This version: 24 May 2017

This paper investigates the interdependence of foreign and domestic firms’ local linkage decisions and the extent to which they respond differently to variations in export intensity and productivity originating from each of the two groups of firms. Our empirical analysis, based on Irish data,...

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Competition in Taxes and IPR

Davies, Ronald B.; Han, Yutao; Hynes, Kate; Wang, Yong - 2020

We examine competition for foreign direct investment when governments compete in tax incentives along with intellectual property rights (IRPs) protection. Higher IPRs result in a lower probability of the multinational enterprise (MNE) being imitated and thus higher expected profits and tax...

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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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Transport infrastructure investments and competition for FDI

Hynes, Kate; Ma, Jie; Yuan, Cheng - 2017

This paper studies how transport infrastructure investments affect a bidding war for a firm between two asymmetric countries within a region in a context of imperfect competition, where transport infrastructure investments play the role of a global public good, leading to a reduction in the unit...

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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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Export processing zones and the composition of greenfield FDI

Davies, Ronald B.; Desbordes, Rodolphe - 2018

Export processing zones (EPZs) are an increasingly common type of special economic zone. They are designed to facilitate international trade by lowering trade costs, such as import duties and/or export taxes. EPZs should thus be particularly attractive locations for multinational enterprises...

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