Search for dissertations about: "Jan F. Weiss"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Jan F. Weiss.

2. 1. Essays on externalities, regulation, institutions, and firm performance

   Author : Jan F. Weiss; Andreas Stephan; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This thesis is devoted to the empirical analysis of how externalities—the nonexistence of private markets in some good or the absence of sufficient incentives to establish such markets— affect firm performance and growth. A minor part investigates a direct link between positive externalities, in the form of localized knowledge spillovers, and firm growth, by testing the so-called local export spillover hypothesis: Exporting firms in a region may reduce export entry costs for other local firms through export-related informal knowledge and information flows. READ MORE