Mariana Spatareanu

Essays in foreign direct investment, cost of capital, and high-tech investment / (2004)

Using data for publicly traded companies from the UK and two transition countries, the Czech Republic and Poland, we analyze the relationship between ownership concentratio and performance while also...

Spatareanu, Mariana.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington University, 2004. Dept. of Economics.

To Share or Not To Share: Does Local Participation Matter for Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment?, The World Bank, Policy Research Working Paper No. 3118 (2003)

Does it matter where you come from? vertical spillovers from foreign direct investment and the nationality of investors

Abstract: This study examines whether the degree of spillovers from foreign direct investment is affected by the foreign ownership share in investment projects. The analysis, based on an unbalanced...

Javorcik, Beata S., Saggi, Kamal, Spatareanu, Mariana

The authors use a firm-level panel data set from Romania to examine whether the nationality of foreign investors affects the degree of vertical spillovers from foreign direct investment....

Do Foreign Investors Care About Labour Market Regulations?

Smarzynska Javorcik, Beata, Spatareanu, Mariana

This study takes a new look at the regulatory determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) by asking whether labour market flexibility affects FDI flows across 19 Western and Eastern European...

Migrant networks and foreign direct investment

Javorcik, Beata S., Ozden, Caglar, Spatareanu, Mariana, Neagu, Cristina

While there exists sizeable literature documenting the importance of ethnic networks for international trade, little attention has been devoted to studying the effects of networks on foreign direct...

To share or not to share : does local participation matter for spillovers from foreign direct investment?

Carsten Fink, Javorcik,Beata, Mariana Spatareanu

This paper examines whether the degree of spillovers from foreign direct investment is affected by the foreign ownership share in investment projects. The analysis, based on an unbalanced panel of...

Economists have long recognized that richer countries trade more among themselves than with poorer economies due to a closer match of exporter supply structures and importer preferences. In the...

To share or not to share: Does local participation matter for spillovers from foreign direct investment?

Javorcik, Beata Smarzynska, Spatareanu, Mariana

Host Country’s Governance and the Size of Foreign Investors

Do Foreign Investors Care about Labor Market Regulations?

This paper tests whether smaller foreign investors are more sensitive to the quality of host country’s governance than larger investors. This may be the case as smaller foreign firms have less...

Ownership Concentration, Market Monitoring and Performance: Evidence from the UK, the Czech Republic and Poland

This study investigates whether labor market flexibility affects foreign direct investment (FDI) flows across 19 Western and Eastern European countries. The analysis uses firm level data on new...

To Share or Not To Share: Does Local Participation Matter for Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment?

Using data for publicly traded companies from the UK and two transition countries, the Czech Republic and Poland, we analyze the relationship between ownership concentration and performance while...

Beata Javorcik, Mariana Spatareanu

This study examines whether foreign ownership share in investment projects affects the extent of spillovers from foreign direct investment. The analysis, based on a Romanian firm-level data set...

Migrant Networks and Foreign Direct Investment

Beata S. Javorcik, Çaglar Özden, Mariana Spatareanu, Cristina Neagu

While there exists a sizeable literature documenting the importance of ethnic networks for international trade, little attention has been devoted to studying the effects of networks on foreign direct...

Carsten Fink, Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, Mariana Spatareanu

Linder hypothesis, trademarks, product differentiation,

Do Foreign Investors Care about Labor Market Regulations?

Host country's governance and the size of foreign investors

Foreign direct investment, labor market regulation, firm level data,

Lskavyan, Vahe, Spatareanu, Mariana

We find that smaller foreign investors are more sensitive to the quality of host country's governance than larger investors. This may be the case as smaller foreign firms have less bargaining power...

Ownership concentration, market monitoring and performance: Evidence from the UK, the Czech Republic and Poland

The cost of capital, finance and high-tech investment

Using data for publicly traded companies from the UK and two transition countries, the Czech Republic and Poland, we analyze the relationship between ownership concentratio and performance while also...

Mariana Spatareanu

Investment is the most volatile component of aggregate demand and it is often considered central to business cycles fluctuations. The responsiveness of business investment to changes in its price is...

Liquidity Constraints and Linkages with Multinationals

Liquidity Constraints and Linkages with Multinationals

Using a unique data set from the Czech Republic for 1994-2003, this study examines the relationship between a firm’s liquidity constraints and its supply linkages with multinational corporations...

Liquidity Constraints and Linkages with Multinationals

Using a unique data set from the Czech Republic for 1994-2003, this study examines the relationship between a firm’s liquidity constraints and its supply linkages with multinational corporations...

Smarzynska Javorcik, Beata, Spatareanu, Mariana

Using a unique data set from the Czech Republic for 1994-2003, this study examines the relationship between a firm’s liquidity constraints and its supply linkages with multinational corporations...

Trade openness and income – a re-examination

Mariana Spatareanu, Vlad Manole

This study uses a new, innovative measure of trade protection and finds that less trade protection is associated with higher income per capita, using data from 131 developed and developing countries.

Trade openness and income – a re-examination

Vlad Manole, Mariana Spatareanu

This study uses a new, innovative measure of trade protection and finds that less trade protection is associated with higher income per capita, using data from 131 developed and developing countries.

Liquidity Constraints and Firms' Linkages with Multinationals

Tough Love: Do Czech Suppliers Learn from Their Relationships with Multinationals?

Using a unique data set on the Czech Republic for 1994--2003, this article examines the relationship between a firm's liquidity constraints and its supply linkages with multinational corporations...