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Herger, Nils - 2013

Within the context of the firm location choice problem, Guimara?es et al. (2003) have shown that a Poisson count regression and a conditional logit model yield identical coefficient estimates. Yet, the corresponding interpretation differs since these discrete choice models reflect polar cases as...

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Margins of multinational labor substitution

Mündler, Marc-Andreas; Becker, Sascha O. - 2006

Multinational labor demand responds to wage differentials at the extensive margin, when a multinational enterprise (MNE) expands into foreign locations, and at the intensive margin, when an MNE operates existing affiliates across locations. We derive conditions for parametric and nonparametric...

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Margins of multinational labor substitution

Muendler, Marc-Andreas; Becker, Sascha O. - 2006

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Multinational Firms, Technology and Location

Norbäck, Pehr-Johan - 1999

This paper analyzes a three-stage optimization problem in which a firm chooses (i) its technology, by deciding on a level of R&D, (ii) whether this technology is to be used in a domestic or in a foreign plant and (iii) the quantity produced and sold on the market. If technology transfer costs...

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What determines the attractiveness of the European Union to the location of R&D multinational firms?

Siedschlag, Iulia; Smith, Donal; Turcu, Camelia; Zhang, … - 2009

We analyse 446 location decisions of foreign affiliates in the R&D sector incorporated in the European Union over 1999-2006. Our results suggest that on average, the location probability increases with the size of demand, agglomeration economies, low production cost, R&D intensity, flexibility...

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Corporate R&D intensity decomposition: Theoretical, empirical and policy issues

Moncada-Paternò-Castello, Pietro - 2016

Research and development (R&D) indicators are increasingly used not only to facilitate international comparisons, but also as targets for policies stimulating research. An example of such an indicator is R&D intensity. The decomposition method of R&D intensity was conceived with the aim of...

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Disentangling the R&D shortfall of the EU vis-á-vis the US

Erken, Hugo; van Es, Frank - 2007

This paper investigates the causes of the shortfall in private R&D expenditure of the EU compared to the US. It shows that differences in the structure of the two economies play only a minor role in explaining the R&D gap. Instead, the European R&D shortfall is mainly caused by a negative...

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Foreign and domestic takeovers in Germany: Cherry-picking and lemon-grabbing

Weche-Gelübcke, John P. - 2012

This study focuses on ex ante performance of domestic and foreign takeover targets in Germany, one of the most important FDI inflow destinations worldwide. Using a new database from German official statistics, unconditional comparisons as well as binary response model estimations of takeover...

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Locating foreign affiliates in Germany: The case of Swedish MNEs

Braconier, Henrik; Ekholm, Karolina - 2001

schwedischer Tochtergesellschaften in Deutschland im Vergleich mit denen in anderen Ländern untersucht. Es zeigt sich, dass die … Multis, in Deutschland zu investieren. Dabei zeigt sich, dass die Standortentscheidung beeinflusst wird vom Niveau der … Lohnkosten in Deutschland und an anderen potentiellen Standorten in europäischen Hocheinkommensländern, aber nicht von den …

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Volatile multinationals? Evidence from the labor demand of German firms

Buch, Claudia M.; Lipponer, Alexander - 2007

Does more FDI make the world a riskier place for workers? We analyze whether an increase in multinational firms' activities is associated with an increase in firm-level employment volatility. We use a firm-level dataset for Germany which allows us to distinguish between purely domestic firms,...

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