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Chandra R Bhat - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a spatial multivariate count model for Firm Location decisions
Journal of Regional Science, 2014Co-Authors: Rajesh Paleti, Chandra R Bhat, Palvinder SinghAbstract:type="main"> This paper proposes a new spatial multivariate model to predict the count of new businesses at a county level in the state of Texas. Several important factors including agglomeration economies/diseconomies, industrial specialization indices, human capital, fiscal conditions, transportation infrastructure, and land development characteristics are considered. The results highlight the need to use a multivariate modeling system for the analysis of business counts by sector type, while also accommodating spatial dependence effects in business counts.
Pantelis Kalaitzidakis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the human capital dimension to foreign direct investment training adverse selection and Firm Location
Social Science Research Network, 1997Co-Authors: Theo S Eicher, Pantelis KalaitzidakisAbstract:While the theoretical literature on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) focuses largely on movements in capital and Firm specific technology, recent empirical evidence emphasizes primarily the local human capital necessary to absorb FDI technology. We examine how human capital affects FDI and add a new dimension to the trade and FDI literature: informational asymmetries. Multinationals (MNCs) must train labor to work with Firm specific technology, but employers possess incomplete information about workers' abilities. We integrate an adverse selection model into a general equilibrium framework, and introduce Informational Gains From Trade. Examining the incentives for Firm Location, we can explain why FDI is more likely to occur among countries that are similar in terms of human capital and technology, and why there is little investment from developing countries in advanced economies. Informational asymmetries coupled with human capital differences give rise to empirical observed multiple wage equilibria, where MNCs pay the highest wage in advanced countries, but higher wages than domestic Firms in developing countries. The dynamic analysis highlights the absence of scale effects in the model, driven by the fact that the costs of training workers with fixed human capital will eventually outweigh any benefits from productivity increases generated by research expenditures.
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the human capital dimension to foreign direct investment training adverse selection and Firm Location
Research Papers in Economics, 1997Co-Authors: Theo S Eicher, Pantelis KalaitzidakisAbstract:While the theoretical literature on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) focuses largely on movements in capital and Firm specific technology, recent empirical evidence emphasizes primarily the local human capital necessary to absorb FDI technology. We examine how human capital affects FDI and add a new dimension to the trade and FDI literature : informational asymmetries.
Palvinder Singh - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a spatial multivariate count model for Firm Location decisions
Journal of Regional Science, 2014Co-Authors: Rajesh Paleti, Chandra R Bhat, Palvinder SinghAbstract:type="main"> This paper proposes a new spatial multivariate model to predict the count of new businesses at a county level in the state of Texas. Several important factors including agglomeration economies/diseconomies, industrial specialization indices, human capital, fiscal conditions, transportation infrastructure, and land development characteristics are considered. The results highlight the need to use a multivariate modeling system for the analysis of business counts by sector type, while also accommodating spatial dependence effects in business counts.
Wei Cheng - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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reLocation mechanisms of the ceramics industry impacted by the environmental regulations in foshan city
Acta Geographica Sinica, 2012Co-Authors: Shen Jing, Wei ChengAbstract:Recent studies show that environmental regulations play a crucial role in the decision making of Firm Location.The methods in these empirical studies,however,are mainly quantitative models based on statistical data,and the way the environmental regulations work in the Location decision are debatable.In this article,we analyze the reLocation decision of the ceramic industry in Foshan City against the context of intensive environmental regulations through semi-structured interviews.The'push-pull'model in the Firm migration research is used to explore the way the environmental regulation works on to push Firms from the old Location and pulling them to the new sites.The conclusion is that the influences of the environmental regulation on the Firm Location decision cannot be ignored,and the effects of the environmental regulations depend on the social and economic conditions of the old and new sites.It is an interconnected process when the Firms relocate from the old Location to the new one that is heavily shaped by environmental regulations.The change of environmental regulation in the old place will not only affect the behaviors of the Firms when relocated,but also the arrangement of environmental regulation in the new place. Besides the cost of pollution abatement,a possible interpretation of the effects of the environmental regulation upon the Location decision is the behavior of the local governments and the Firms.If the environmental regulation is lax,the pollution abatement cost is important for the Firm to choose a new place,otherwise the sunk cost will be considered for risk prevention.It is conFirmed that environmental regulation has become an important policy for local governments in China to promote the development of local industries under recent economic decentralization.Nevertheless,in this case study,the'Pollution Havens'hypothesis is not yet conFirmed
Minjun Shi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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industrial land policy Firm heterogeneity and Firm Location choice evidence from china
Land Use Policy, 2018Co-Authors: Dan Zheng, Minjun ShiAbstract:Abstract Using micro-level data of Chinese manufacture Firms for the year 2009, this paper estimates a conditional logit model to examine the impact of industrial land supply and alLocation policies on Firm Location choice. It is found that both expanding industrial land supply and balanced industrial land alLocation policies are positively related to Firm Location choice. It is also found that the impact of industrial land policy varies with Firm heterogeneity in terms of ownership and industry-specific attribute. Compared to their peers, joint ventures are less sensitive to industrial land supply policy, whereas Firms in labor-intensive industries are more sensitive to industrial land alLocation policy. The estimation result is robust after controlling for other key factors which influence Firm Location choice. These findings support the argument that industrial land policy plays an important role in determining the spatial distribution of manufacture Firms.
