Neary, J. Peter(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2002-05)
This paper extends the theory of multinational corporations, identifying three distinct influences of internal trade liberalisation by a group of countries on the level and pattern of inward foreign direct investment (FDI). ...
Neary, J. Peter(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2000-12-11)
Almost twenty-five years after the appearance of Dixit and Stiglitz’s paper on
monopolistic competition and optimum product diversity, I try to take stock of the progres which has been made in applying their approach to ...
This paper investigates the link between nationality of ownership and wage elasticities of labour demand at the level of the plant. In particular, we examine whether labour demand in multinationals becomes less elastic ...
This paper investigates the link between nationality of ownership and wage elasticities of labour demand at the level of the plant. In particular, we examine whether labour demand in multinationals becomes less elastic ...
Barry, Frank(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2002-11)
Ireland’s low corporation tax regime has proved especially attractive to foreign
multinational companies operating in high-tech sectors. Ireland’s increasing concentration in such sectors has facilitated the country’s ...
The majority of research to date investigating strategic tariffs in the presence of
multinationals finds a knife-edge result where, in equilibrium, all foreign firms are either
multinationals or exporters. Utilizing a ...
Pavelin, Stephen(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2006-12)
This paper presents a model of the interaction between two rival firms based in the same country. Each firm must decide how to serve a foreign market (export or foreign production) and how much to invest in a corporate-wide ...
Davies, Ronald B.(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2010-05)
An increasing number of international agreements require “nondiscrimination”
from their participants, i.e. the government of one country cannot treat
foreign firms differently from domestic firms. This is at odds with a ...