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1. What Drives Exports? Empirical Evidence at the Firm Level
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to the understand how firms engage in exporting, particularly in consideration of three aspects—product type, past trade experience, and investments in innovation activities. It consists of one introductory chapter and three independent papers relating to determinants of firms’ exporting. LÄS MER
2. Impact of international competition on Swedish manufacturing : individual and firm-level evidence from the 1990s
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four papers examining the impact of international competition on Swedish manufacturing and labor market during the 1990s. By using detailed individual and firm-level information I aim to investigate how increased exposure to international trade, in terms of both export orientation and import penetration, affects technology development, profitability and wage structure. LÄS MER
3. Dynamic Investment Models, Employment Generation and Productivity – Evidence from Swedish Data
Sammanfattning : See abstracts in GUPEA.... LÄS MER
4. Does foreign ownership matter? : Multinational firms, productivity and spillovers
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four essays dealing with the role of foreign owned firms for the development of productivity and exports in Swedish manufacturing. The essays share a common theme, i.e. that multinational firms (MNF) possess some intangible assets that could be transferred to their affiliates. LÄS MER
5. Essays on African Growth, Productivity, and Trade
Sammanfattning : The thesis comprises an introductory chapter and four research papers. The introductory chapter provides a brief overview of recent economic growth performance in Africa, places the individual papers into a coherent context, summarizes the main findings, and discusses their relevance for economic policy. LÄS MER