Ben Ferrett

Loughborough University

School of Business and Economics

Loughborough University

Loughborough, LE11 3TU

Great Britain

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Scholarly Papers (17)

1.

Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity Growth: A Survey of Theory

University of Nottingham Working Paper No. 2004/15
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 May 2005
Ben Ferrett
Loughborough University
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foreign direct investment,productivity growth,total factor productivity,spillovers,R&D,acquisition-FDI,greenfield-FDI

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Greenfield Investment Versus Acquisition: Positive Analysis

GEP Research Paper No. 2003/02
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 27 Jul 2003
Ben Ferrett
Loughborough University
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greenfield-FDI, acquisition-FDI, international oligopoly, equilibrium industrial structure

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Greenfield Investment Versus Acquisition: Alternative Modes of Foreign Expansion

University of Nottingham GEP Research Paper No. 2005/39
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 Dec 2005
Ben Ferrett
Loughborough University
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greenfield-FDI, acquisition-FDI, process R&D, entry, social welfare

Competing for a Duopoly: International Trade and Tax Competition

University of Nottingham Research Paper No. 2005/42
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 14 Dec 2005
Ben Ferrett and Ian Wooton
Loughborough University and University of Strathclyde - Department of Economics
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tax competition, foreign direct investment, oligopoly, market size asymmetries

Competing for a Duopoly: International Trade and Tax Competition

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5379
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 Feb 2006
Ian Wooton and Ben Ferrett
University of Strathclyde - Department of Economics and Loughborough University
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Tax competition, foreign direct investment, oligopoly, market size asymmetries

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The Market Disciplining Effects of FDI: Does the Mode of Entry Matter?

University of Nottingham Research Paper No. 2006/16
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Jul 2006
Newcastle University Business School, Loughborough University, Nottingham University Business School and University of Kiel
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Greenfield FDI, Acquisition FDI, Price-Cost Margins, Price Effect, Efficiency

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Productivity Distributions in International Oligopolies: Spillovers, Technology Transfer, and Heterogeneous FDI

University of Nottingham Research Paper No. 2006/02
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Feb 2006
Ben Ferrett
Loughborough University
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acquisition-FDI, greenfield-FDI, technology transfer, spillovers, foreign-owned firms' productivity advantages

Tax Competition and the International Distribution of Firm Ownership: An Invariance Result

University of Nottingham Research Paper No. 2006/42
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 04 Dec 2006
Ben Ferrett and Ian Wooton
Loughborough University and University of Strathclyde - Department of Economics
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tax/subsidy competition, foreign direct investment, international distribution of firm ownership

Tax Competition and the International Distribution of Firm Ownership: An Invariance Result

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5984
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 07 Jan 2007
Ben Ferrett and Ian Wooton
Loughborough University and University of Strathclyde - Department of Economics
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Tax/subsidy competition, foreign direct investment, international distribution of firm ownership

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Mergers in Multidimensional Competition

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 06 Dec 2005
Carl Davidson and Ben Ferrett
Michigan State University - Department of Economics and Loughborough University
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horizontal merger, R&D complementarities, endogenous R&D, merger paradox

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Does Foreign Investment Raise Firm Innovation?

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 Jan 2021
Ben Ferrett, Bo Gao, Yunshu Gao and sisi yin
Loughborough University, Loughborough University - School of Business and Economics, Renmin University of China - School of Economics and Chengdu University of Technology
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Innovation, Spillover, Firm heterogeneity

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Entry, Location and R&D Decisions in an International Oligopoly

University of Nottingham Research Paper No. 2004/32
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Aug 2005
Ben Ferrett
Loughborough University
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Foreign Direct Investment, Process R &D, Entry, International Oligopoly, Equilibrium Industrial Structure

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FDI, Trade Costs and Regional Asymmetries

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4469
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 Nov 2013
Julia Darby, Ben Ferrett and Ian Wooton
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow - Strathclyde Business School - Department of Economics, Loughborough University and University of Strathclyde - Department of Economics
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corporate taxes, devolution, trade costs

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Endogenous R&D and Entry in an International Oligopoly

GEP Working Paper No. 02/22
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Aug 2003
Ben Ferrett
Loughborough University
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greenfield-FDI, process R&D, entry, international oligopoly, equilibrium industrial structures

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On the Welfare Effects of Productivity Catch-Up by Laggard Firms

University of Nottingham Research Paper No. 2006/09
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 19 May 2006
Ben Ferrett
Loughborough University
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productivity catch-up, social welfare, process R&D

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FDI Deregulation and Firm Innovation: Evidence from Firm Patents

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 21 Feb 2023
sisi yin, Yunshu Gao, Ben Ferrett and Bo Gao
Chengdu University of Technology, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), Loughborough University and Loughborough University - School of Business and Economics
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firm innovation, FDI deregulation, Firm heterogeneity, Vertical linkages

15.

Targeting FDI

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13573
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 12 Mar 2019
Ben Ferrett and Ian Wooton
Loughborough University and University of Strathclyde - Department of Economics
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efficiency, Foreign direct investment, tax and subsidy competition

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Regional Centrality and Tax Competition for FDI

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10099
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 Sep 2014
Julia Darby, Ben Ferrett and Ian Wooton
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow - Strathclyde Business School - Department of Economics, Loughborough University and University of Strathclyde - Department of Economics
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corporate taxes, devolution, hub and spoke, trade costs

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Does Tax Competition Make Mobile Firms More Footloose?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11325
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 Jun 2016
Ben Ferrett, Andreas Hoefele and Ian Wooton
Loughborough University, Loughborough University (GEP) and University of Strathclyde - Department of Economics
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dynamic fiscal competition, efficiency, FDI, geographical change