Business Cycles and FDI: Evidence from German Sectoral Data
Claudia M. Buch, A. Lipponer
Review of World Economics,
Nr. 4,
2005
Abstract
Globalization has affected business cycle developments in OECD countries and has increased activities of firms across national borders. This paper analyzes whether these two developments are linked. We use a new firm-level data set on the foreign activities of German firms to test whether foreign activities are affected by business cycle developments. We aggregate the data by the sector of the reporting firm, the sector of the foreign affiliate, and the host country. Data are annual and cover the period 1989–2002. We find that German outward FDI increases in response to positive cyclical developments abroad and in response to a real depreciation of the domestic currency.
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A Strategy View on Knowledge in the MNE - Integrating Subsidiary Roles and Knowledge Flows
Björn Jindra
East-West Journal of Economics and Business,
1 & 2
2005
Abstract
We assume knowledge inflows endogenous to subsidiary roles. Integrating organisational and knowledge-based views we propose a new subsidiary typology based on MNE integration-subsidiary capability. We hypothesise that both dimensions are positively associated with knowledge inflows into the focal subsidiary. This prediction is tested with data for 425 subsidiaries. The key findings were: (a) the extent for knowledge inflows differs significantly across all subsidiary roles; (c) it diminishes in a anti-clockwise direction starting in the high integration-high capability quadrant of the IC taxonomy; thus (b) both MNE integration and subsidiary capability drive knowledge inflows, although, the balance shifts more towards integration.
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Bank Market Power, Factor Reallocation, and Aggregate Growth
R. Inklaar, Michael Koetter, Felix Noth
Journal of Financial Stability,
2015
Abstract
Using a unique firm-level sample of approximately 700,000 firm-year observations of German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), this study seeks to identify the effect of bank market power on aggregate growth components. We test for a pre-crisis sample whether bank market power spurs or hinders the reallocation of resources across informationally opaque firms. Identification relies on the dependence on external finance in each industry and the regional demarcation of regional banking markets in Germany. The results show that bank markups spur aggregate SME growth, primarily through technical change and the reallocation of resources. Banks seem to need sufficient markups to generate the necessary private information to allocate financial funds efficiently.
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Ten Years after Accession: State Aid in Eastern Europe
Jens Hölscher, Nicole Nulsch, Johannes Stephan
European State Aid Law Quarterly,
Nr. 2,
2014
Abstract
In the early phase of transition that started with the 1990s, Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) have pursued far-reaching vertical and individual industrial policy with a focus on privatisation and restructuring of traditional industries. Foreign investment from the West and the facilitation of the development of a market economy also involved massive injections of State support. With their accession to the European Union (EU), levels and forms of State aid came under critical review by the European Commission. Now that a first decade has passed since the first Eastern enlargement in 2004, this inquiry investigates how State aid policy in the CEECs has developed during the last...
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Strategien multinationaler Unternehmen in Ostmitteleuropa - Perspektiven aus der Praxis
Jutta Günther, Istvan Fekete
Willkommene Investoren oder nationaler Ausverkauf? Ausländische Direktinvestitionen in Ostmitteleuropa im 20. Jahrhundert. Frankfurter Studien zur Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte Ostmitteleuropas, Bd. 11,
2006
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Kartelle und Wettbewerb nach der Treuhandprivatisierung: Der Fall des ostdeutschen Zementkartells
Ulrich Blum, A. Schaller, Michael A. Veltins
Res publica semper reformanda,
2008
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Inventory and analysis of national public policies that stimulate research in biotechnology, its exploitation and commercialisation by industry in Europe in the period 2002–2005.
C. Enzing, A. van der Guissen, Sander van der Molen
Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities,
2007
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The Effects of Joining the European Monetary Union on Output and Inflation Variability in Accession Countries
Oliver Holtemöller
MPRA Working Paper 8633,
2007
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Suburbane Einheitsgemeinde Schkopau - Eine Stadtumlandgemeinde im Zwiespalt zwischen Subsidiarität und Zentralismus
Sabine Döhler
Statistik Regional Electronic Papers, 2007-01,
2007
Abstract
Die (kleinräumige) administrative Gliederung von Sachsen-Anhalt unterliegt in jüngster Zeit einem starken Wandel. Insbesondere für die noch anstehende Lösung der Stadtumlandproblematik ist es notwendig, sich ein klares Bild über die bestehenden Strukturen zu verschaffen. Für eine fundierte Aussagekraft bzgl. der Konkurrenzfähigkeit bestehender Strukturen im Umland der kreisfreien Städte Sachsen-Anhalts, ist es notwendig, Informationen über den Verflechtungsgrad aber auch zu Fragen der finanziellen Leistungsfähigkeit sowie des Homogenitätsgrades der Untersuchungseinheiten zu gewinnen.
Im Widerstreit zwischen Zentralismus und Subsidiarität versucht dieser Beitrag zur Klärung der sich zuspitzenden Stadt-Umland-Problemlage beizutragen, indem er in einem ersten Schritt Argumente für die im Umland der kreisfreien Stadt Halle befindliche Einheitsgemeinde Schkopau zusammenträgt. Es zeigt sich, dass insbesondere die funktionale Struktur der Einheitsgemeinde durch den dort befindlichen Industriepark determiniert wird. Dies bewirkt relativ starke Verflechtungen mit dem Umland. Abschließend wird ein knapper Ausblick auf die daraus ableitbaren Zielvorstellung der beteiligten Akteure ermöglicht.
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International Banking and the Allocation of Risk
Claudia M. Buch
IAW Discussion Paper No. 32,
2007
Abstract
Macroeconomic risks could magnify individual bank risk. Mitigating the influence of economy-wide risks on banks could therefore be very important to maintain a smooth-running banking system. In this paper, we explore the extent to which macroeconomic risks affect banks. We use a bank-level dataset on over 2,000 banks worldwide for the years 1995-2002 to study the effect of macroeconomic volatility, the openness of the banking system, and banking regulations on bank risks. Our measure of bank risk is the volatility of banks' pre-tax profits. We find that macroeconomic volatility increases banks' profit volatility and that international openness of the banking system lowers bank risk. We find no impact of banking regulation on profit volatility. Our findings suggest that if policymakers want to lower bank risk, they should seek to lower macroeconomic volatility as well as increase openness in the banking system.
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