New Economic Geography and Tax Competition in the PRC: A Firm-Level Data Analysis with Policy Implications

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minsoo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Economic Geography ◽  
Tax Competition ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
New Economic Geography ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data

Easing the burden of non-tariff barriers: a regional and firm-level data analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 402
Author(s):  
Thierry Warin ◽  
Farnaz Farnia ◽  
Nathalie De Marcellis Warin
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data

Economic Geography and Manufacturing Productivity in Africa: Ananalysis of Firm Level Data

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-252
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Elbadawi ◽  
Taye Mengistae ◽  
Tilahun Temesge ◽  
Albert Zeufack
Keyword(s):  
Economic Geography ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data ◽  
Manufacturing Productivity

How does the globalization of firms affect corruption in developing economies?

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bokyeong Park ◽  
Onon Khanoi
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Exporting Firms ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how firms’ characteristics related to globalization affect their perception on corruption and actual experiences in bribery. It focuses on two indicators of globalization, namely, foreign ownership and export, and confines the scope to developing economies. Design/methodology/approach This analysis uses firm-level data with observation over 60,000 collected from 94 developing economies. The paper employs the probit model to examine how firm characteristics related to globalization affect corruption perception (CP) and incidence. Findings The empirical results reveal that for foreign-invested companies, there is a substantial discrepancy between the perceived corruption and the actual. Although they are involved in bribery as frequently as, or less frequently than local firms, they have greater CPs. Exporting firms are more frequently solicited for bribes, but the effect disappears when time spent for government contact is controlled for. Consequently, foreign investment partly contributes to the corruption control, but the export orientation of firms rather aggravates corruption due to regulative environments in developing economies. Practical implications This study provides policy implications that the corruption control through globalization requires streamlining of administration procedure related to foreign investment or trade and, thus, shortening time to deal with public officials. In addition, governments need to emphasize the importance of foreign investment and prevent unethical practices mediated by local partners. Originality/value The greatest novelty of this paper lies in using firm level data instead of country level unlike most of the literature. Moreover, the authors focus on firms only in developing economies. As well, unlike most studies using only perception indicators as the proxy of corruption, this paper considers both CPs and actual incidence, and compares each other.

The Logic of Agglomeration

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilles Duranton ◽  
William Kerr
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Internal Structure ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Economic Geography ◽  
Agglomeration Economies ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
City Formation ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data ◽  
Internal Operations

This chapter discusses frontier topics in economic geography as they relate to firms and agglomeration economies. The chapter focuses on areas where empirical research is scarce but possible. The chapter first outlines a conceptual framework for city formation that allows us to contemplate what empiricists might study when using firm-level data to compare the functioning of cities and industries with each other. The chapter then examines a second model of the internal structure of a cluster to examine possibilities with firm-level data for better exposing the internal operations of clusters. An overwhelming theme of the review is the vast scope for enhancements of our picture of agglomeration with the new data that are emerging.

What Determines Small Champions’ Export Performance? Evidence from Korea Firm-Level Data

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-155
Author(s):  
Young Gui Kim ◽  
Jeongmeen Suh
Keyword(s):  
Export Performance ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Export Intensity ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data ◽  
Entry Decision ◽  
Korean Firm

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often have different export behavior than bigger firms, in spite of their high productivity. To understand the behavior of these small champions, we develop a theoretical framework that analyzes the factors that affect firm export performance, from the decision to start exporting (the extensive export margin) and how much they will export (the intensive export margin). When we use Korean firm-level data to test our model, we find that productivity plays an important role in the firm export entry decision, and fixed export costs are important determinants of fractions of export intensity. We use our empirical results to explore the policy implications of policy interventions focused on SME export.

Easing the burden of non-tariff barriers: a regional and firm-level data analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 402
Author(s):  
Farnaz Farnia ◽  
Nathalie De Marcellis Warin ◽  
Thierry Warin
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data
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