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1by Girma, Sourafel Published in Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics (01.06.2005)“...This paper explores whether the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on productivity growth is dependent on absorptive capacity using recently developed...”
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2“...This paper examines potential explanations for recent declines in teenage pregnancy in England. We estimate panel data models of teenage conception, birth and...”
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4by Lockett, Andy Wiklund, Johan Davidsson, Per Girma, Sourafel Published in Journal of management studies (01.01.2011)“...Edith Penrose's theory of firm growth postulates that a firm's current growth rate will be influenced by the adjustment costs of, and changes to a firm's...”
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5“...This paper seeks to identify the causal effect of foreign acquisitions on wages of skilled and unskilled workers, using difference-in-differences propensity...”
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6“...We ask whether production related subsidies have a role to play in explaining Chinese firms’ export performance. We, firstly, implement an estimation approach...”
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7by Girma, Sourafel Gong, Yundan Görg, Holger Lancheros, Sandra Published in Journal of international economics (01.01.2015)“...We implement a method to estimate the direct effects of foreign-ownership on foreign firms' productivity and the indirect effects (or spillovers) from the...”
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8“...SUMMARY Using a unique firm level data, this paper analyses the role of political connections in the post‐entry performance of private start‐up companies in...”
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9by Sourafel Girma Dev Vencappa“...A large literature provides empirical evidence that financial development enhances welfare by stimulating economic efficiency and offering more profitable...”
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Published in Journal of productivity analysis (01.12.2015)
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10“...Previous work based on conjectural responses of minors predicted that the 2003 Texas requirement for parental consent for state-funded birth control to minors...”
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11“...There is a well‐established theoretical and empirical literature that shows that exporters are more innovative than otherwise equivalent non‐exporters. In this...”
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12“...We investigate whether inward foreign direct investment (FDI), either at the firm or industry level, has any impact on product innovation by Chinese...”
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13by Girma, Sourafel Gong, Yundan Görg, Holger Lancheros, Sandra Published in Journal of economic behavior & organization (01.08.2015)“...•We examine the role of foreign ownership structure in stimulating export market entry and R&D investment during a period of investment liberalisation...”
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14by Girma, Sourafel Greenaway, Avid Kneller, Richard Published in Review of international economics (01.11.2004)“...Exporting involves sunk costs, so some firms export whilst others do not. This proposition derives from a number of models of firm behavior and has been...”
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15“...As China seeks to consolidate its position as an emerging global economic power, reforming the largely inefficient state-owned enterprises (SOEs) presents a...”
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16“...The paper examines whether productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment are geographically limited. Using plant-level data from the U.K. electronics...”
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17“...We use panel data from local authorities in England between 1998 and 2004 to examine the differential impact of increased access for teenagers to emergency...”
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18“...The paper presents an empirical analysis of “outsourcing” using establishment‐level data for UK manufacturing industries. The authors analyze an...”
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19“...Political economy theories of financial development argue that in countries where a narrow elite controls political decisions, financial development may be...”
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20“...This paper investigates the two-way relationship between R&D and export activity. In particular, we concern ourselves with the question whether R&D stimulates...”