Is Better Information Always Good News? International Corporate Strategy and Regulation

This paper develops a simple model to analyze the interaction between strategic corporate public good provision, international firm location and national regulation. An information-based strategic corporate public good provision mechanism is propos...

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Main Author:	Kitzmuller, Markus
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCOUNTING ADVERSE EFFECTS ADVERTISING ARBITRAGE BANK POLICY BARGAINING BARGAINING POWER BERTRAND COMPETITION BINDING CONSTRAINT BOND BRAND CHILD LABOR CLEAN TECHNOLOGY COMMERCE COMMITMENT DEVICE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVE PRICES COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER EXPECTATIONS CONSUMER PREFERENCES CONSUMERS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION COORDINATION FAILURE CORPORATE TAXES CREDIBILITY DERIVATIVE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION DISPLACEMENT DRIVERS DUMPING ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR ECONOMIC COMPETITION ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC MOTIVATION ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKET ECONOMY EMERGING MARKETS EMISSIONS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ENVIRONMENTS EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM PRICES EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FAIR FAIR TRADE FINANCIAL MARKETS FIRM PERFORMANCE FIXED COSTS FLOW OF INFORMATION FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FREE TRADE GDP GLOBALIZATION HOLDING HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCENTIVE COMPATIBILITY CONSTRAINT INCOME EFFECTS INCOME LEVELS INDUSTRIALIZATION INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INFORMATION ASYMMETRY INFORMATION DISCLOSURE INNOVATION INSTRUMENT INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR FORCE LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR STANDARD LABOR STANDARDS LEGAL TOOLS LIABILITY LOCAL MARKETS LYON MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COSTS MARKET ECONOMIES MARKET ECONOMY MARKET FAILURE MARKET FORCES MARKET LEVEL MARKET LEVELS MARKET MECHANISM MARKET MECHANISMS MARKET SHARE MARKET VALUE MARKETING MINES MONITORING COSTS MONITORING TECHNOLOGY MONOPOLY NASH EQUILIBRIUM NEGATIVE EXTERNALITY PER CAPITA INCOME PERFECT INFORMATION POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POLLUTION ABATEMENT POLLUTION LEVELS PRICE SETTING PRICING STRATEGY PRIVATE INFORMATION PRODUCERS PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MAXIMIZATION PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PURCHASING PURCHASING POWER QUALITY STANDARDS REGULATORY AUTHORITY REGULATORY CONSTRAINT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY STANDARDS REGULATORY SYSTEM RELEVANT MARKETS RETAILING RETURNS SALES SCALE EFFECTS SELF-REGULATION SPREAD STOCK MARKET STOCKS SUBSTITUTE SUPPLIERS SUPPLY CHAINS TAX TAX REVENUE TRADE BARRIERS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORMS TRADING TRANSPARENCY UTILITY FUNCTIONS UTILITY MAXIMIZATION VALUATION WEALTH WELFARE EFFECTS WELFARE FUNCTION WILLINGNESS TO PAY
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Is Better Information Always Good News? International Corporate Strategy and Regulation

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