From Russia with love: the impact of relocated firms
on incumbent survival

From Russia with love: the impact of relocated firms on incumbent survival

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From Russia with love: the impact of relocated firms on incumbent survival

dc.contributor.author	Falck, Oliver
dc.contributor.author	Guenther, Christina
dc.contributor.author	Heblich, Stephan
dc.contributor.author	Kerr, William Robert
dc.date.accessioned	2012-11-30T15:04:49Z
dc.date.issued	2012-11-30
dc.identifier.citation	Falck, Oliver, Christina Guenther, Stephan Heblich, and William R. Kerr. "From Russia with Love: The Impact of Relocated Firms on Incumbent Survival." Journal of Economic Geography (forthcoming).	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1468-2702	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:9969386
dc.description.abstract	We identify the impact of local firm concentration on incumbent performance with a quasi-natural experiment. When Germany was divided after World War II, many firms in the machine tool industry fled the Soviet occupied zone to prevent expropriation. We show that the regional location decisions of these firms upon moving to western Germany were driven by non-economic factors and heuristics rather than existing industrial conditions. Relocating firms increased the likelihood of incumbent failure in destination regions, a pattern that differs sharply from new entrants. We further provide evidence that these effects are due to increased competition for local resources.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Oxford	en_US
dc.relation.isversionof	http://joeg.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/10/18/jeg.lbs035.abstract	en_US
dash.license	OAP
dc.subject	agglomeration	en_US
dc.subject	competition	en_US
dc.subject	firm dynamics	en_US
dc.subject	labor	en_US
dc.subject	Germany	en_US
dc.title	From Russia with love: the impact of relocated firms on incumbent survival	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article	en_US
dc.description.version	Author's Original	en_US
dc.relation.journal	Journal of Economic Geography	en_US
dash.depositing.author	Kerr, William Robert
dc.date.available	2012-11-30T15:04:49Z