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Productivity and the product scope of multi-product firms: A test of Feenstra-Ma
Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
firms always have a higher market share, there is no monotonic relationship between firms' productivity level and their … effect. Therefore, the incentive to add more products weakens as productivity rises. This leads to Lemma 3 in Feenstra and Ma …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294493
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Asset Ownership and Foreign-Market Entry
Raff, Horst; Ryan, Michael; Stähler, Frank - 2005
This paper examines the link between a firm's owership 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 greenfield...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296254
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Whole versus Shared Ownership of Foreign Affiliates
Stähler, Frank; Ryan, Michael; Raff, Horst - 2007
is increasing in its productivity, with the most productive multinationals choosing not to rely on a foreign partner at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296282
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The Effects of Trade Liberalization on Productivity and Welfare: The Role of Firm Heterogeneity, R&D and Market Structure
Stähler, Frank; Raff, Horst; Long, Ngo Van - 2007
examine how trade liberalization affects firm and industry productivity, as well as social welfare. We identify four effects … of trade liberalization on productivity: (i) a direct effect through changes in R&D investment; (ii) a scale effect due …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296284
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Firm-Specific Characteristics and the Timing of Foreign Direct Investment Projects
Ryan, Michael; Raff, Horst - 2007
how firm-specific characteristics affect each decision. We find that total factor productivity is a significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296286
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Firm Productivity and the Foreign-Market Entry Decision
Raff, Horst; Ryan, Michael; Stähler, Frank - 2008
We use Japanese firm-level data to examine how a firm?s productivity affects its choice of foreign-market entry …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296298
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Intra-industry adjustment to import competition: theory and application to the German clothing industry
Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the average productivity of survivors increases. These pro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265261
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Intra-industry adjustment to import competition: theory and application to the German clothing industry
Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the average productivity of survivors increases. These pro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265924
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Intra-industry adjustment to import competition : theory and application to the German clothing industry
Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2009
face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the average productivity of survivors increases. These pro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266034
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Innovation and trade with heterogeneous firms
Long, Ngo Van; Raff, Horst; Stähler, Frank - 2009
industry productivity. For this purpose we develop a reciprocal dumping model of international trade with heterogeneous firms … expected industry productivity. The central results of the paper regarding firm and industry level R&D spending differ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266051