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Trade, Foreign direct investment, and multinational enterprises in a general equilibrium model

Koop, Michael J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1997

Trade, foreign direct investment and the existence of multinational enterprises are often analyzed in separate model, which are frequently based on mutually exclusive assumptions. The paper integrates several features of international economic exchange into one general equilibrium model. This...

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Effects of intellectual property rights protection and integration on economic growth and welfare

Lai, Chung-hui; Wang, Vey - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015

The protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) and the distribution of rent are central issues in R&D-based growth models with the return to innovation serving as the engine of growth. In this paper the authors consider the strength of the intellectual property rights and franchise...

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Evolution of competition in Vietnam industries over the recent economic transition

Doan, Tinh - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

Understanding the degree and evolution of competition across industries is an important step towards understanding the impact of economic reform and competition on economic growth in Vietnam during the economic transition. In this paper, the author investigates the evolution of competition in...

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Organic Pineapple Farming in Ghana - A Good Choice for Smallholders?

Kleemann, Linda - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011

As consumer demand for organic food grows, organic certification is increasingly promoted in many developing countries. Organic products earn a premium price on the market compared to conventional varieties. Hence, organic production is often seen as a valuable alternative for developing...

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Knowing where organic markets move next: An analysis of developing countries in the pineapple market

Kleemann, Linda - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

As consumers' demand for organic products grows, selling organic products potentially opens up profitable market participation options for farmers in developing countries. This paper studies two aspects of profitability for the producers. It uses hedonic demand theory and empirical analysis to...

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Evolutionary model of the bank size distribution

Kaldasch, Joachim - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

An evolutionary model of the bank size distribution is presented based on the exchange and expansion of deposit money. In agreement with empirical results the derived size distribution is lognormal with a power law tail. The key idea of the theory is to regard the creation of money as a slow...

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Market Concentration and Business Survival in Static v Dynamic Industries

Burke, Andrew; Hanley, Aoife - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

We propose that the effect of market concentration on firm survival is different according to whether an industry is … static (low entry and exit) or dynamic. In our empirical analysis we find support for this hypothesis. Industry concentration … increase in the 5-firm concentration ratio in a dynamic market raises the survival rate of new ventures by approximately 2 …

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Investigating the exponential age distribution of firms

Coad, Alex - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

While several plots of the aggregate age distribution suggest that firm age is exponentially distributed, we find some departures from the exponential benchmark. At the lower tail, we find that very young establishments are more numerous than expected, but they face high exit hazards. At the...

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Price-concentration analysis in merger cases with differentiated products

Beckert, Walter; Mazzarotto, Nicola - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

, semi-nonparametric econometric model of competition in such markets, examines its testable implications in terms of price-concentration …

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Price Transmission in the Pineapple Market – What Role for Organic Fruit?

Kleemann, Linda; Effenberger, Alexandra - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

As consumers’ demand for organic products and especially organic food grows, organic certification for tropical fruit is increasingly promoted in many developing countries. Certified organic pineapple exports only started taking off after 2005 and are rapidly increasing. The organic and...

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