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The Foreign Firm Discount
, 2010
"... In this paper, we compare the value of foreign firms that are cross-listed on U.S. exchanges to that of U.S. firms. Strikingly, we document a “foreign firm discount”. Over the period 1980-2006, crosslisted firms had Tobin’s q ratios that were 14 % lower than comparable U.S. companies. This valuation ..."
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In this paper, we compare the value of foreign firms that are cross-listed on U.S. exchanges to that of U.S. firms. Strikingly, we document a “foreign firm discount”. Over the period 1980-2006, crosslisted firms had Tobin’s q ratios that were 14 % lower than comparable U.S. companies
Foreign Firms, Domestic Wages
"... Foreign-owned firms are often hypothesized to generate productivity “spillovers ” to the host country, but both theoretical micro-foundations and empirical evidence for this are limited. We develop a heterogeneous-firm model in which ex-ante identical workers learn from their employers in proportion ..."
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Foreign-owned firms are often hypothesized to generate productivity “spillovers ” to the host country, but both theoretical micro-foundations and empirical evidence for this are limited. We develop a heterogeneous-firm model in which ex-ante identical workers learn from their employers
LOCATION OF FOREIGN FIRMS IN PORTUGAL:
"... The importance of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the foreign firm in the Portuguese economy has been rising quite significantly for the last years. Nevertheless, we might say that there has been little scientific research which brings into focus the factors that provide us with a consistent ..."
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The importance of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the foreign firm in the Portuguese economy has been rising quite significantly for the last years. Nevertheless, we might say that there has been little scientific research which brings into focus the factors that provide us with a
Product innovation and renewal: Foreign firms and clusters in
"... Product innovation and renewal: foreign firms and clusters in Belgium ..."
Foreign Firms and Productivity in Developing Countries∗
, 2014
"... This paper assesses the performance of domestically and foreign-owned firms in a large sample of developing and transition countries. The detailed data allow a charac-terization of productivity and foreign firm presence across 118 countries, thus moving significantly beyond single country studies. A ..."
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This paper assesses the performance of domestically and foreign-owned firms in a large sample of developing and transition countries. The detailed data allow a charac-terization of productivity and foreign firm presence across 118 countries, thus moving significantly beyond single country studies
Foreign Firms: Powerful or Persecuted?
, 2009
"... beschränkte einfache Recht ein, das ausgewählte Werk im Rahmen der unter ..."
1 Foreign Firms, Domestic Wages*
"... Three types of theories have been used to explain the wage premium in foreign firms: the heterogeneous-workers theory, the heterogeneous-learning theory, and the heterogeneous-firms theory. We set up a model that explicitly encompasses two of these, and which can illustrate the third. This unifying ..."
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Three types of theories have been used to explain the wage premium in foreign firms: the heterogeneous-workers theory, the heterogeneous-learning theory, and the heterogeneous-firms theory. We set up a model that explicitly encompasses two of these, and which can illustrate the third. This unifying
ACQUIRING FOREIGN FIRMS FAR AWAY MIGHT BE HAZARDOUS
, 2007
"... Acquiring foreign firms far away might be hazardous to your share price: evidence from Germany No. 182 ..."
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Acquiring foreign firms far away might be hazardous to your share price: evidence from Germany No. 182
Do Domestic Firms Benefit from Direct Foreign Investment? Evidence from Venezuela
- AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
, 1999
"... Governments often promote inward foreign investment to encourage technology “spillovers” from foreign to domestic firms. Using panel data on Venezuelan plants, we find that foreign equity participation is positively correlated with plant produc-tivity (the “own-plant” effect), but this relationship ..."
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Governments often promote inward foreign investment to encourage technology “spillovers” from foreign to domestic firms. Using panel data on Venezuelan plants, we find that foreign equity participation is positively correlated with plant produc-tivity (the “own-plant” effect), but this relationship
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