• The contribution of foreign entrants to employment and productivity growth 

      Balsvik, Ragnhild; Haller, Stefanie A. (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-08)
      We compare employment and productivity dynamics in foreign and domestic entrants, exitors, survivors and acquisitions in Norwegian manufacturing from 1979- 2000. All types of foreign plants are on average more productive ...
    • Foreign firms and host-country productivity : does the mode of entry matter? 

      Balsvik, Ragnhild; Haller, Stefanie A. (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-01)
      Foreign direct investment is often considered an important source of knowledge spillovers. However, results from the empirical literature relating overall foreign presence to host country productivity are ambiguous. We ...