Blar i Discussion papers (SAM) på forfatter "Balsvik, Ragnhild"
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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 ... -
Guided through the "Red tape"? : information sharing and foreign direct investment
Balsvik, Ragnhild; Skaldebø, Line Tøndel (Discussion paper;3/2013, Working paper, 2013-02)What drives the observed tendency of new FDI, other things equal, to be attracted to locations where many other foreign investors are located? One explanation in the literature on FDI location is that expected bene ts ... -
Is mobility of labour a channel for spillovers from multinationals to local domestic firms?
Balsvik, Ragnhild (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-08)This paper documents the extent of labour mobility from multinationals (MNEs) to non-MNEs in Norwegian manufacturing during the 1990s. On average, each year around one percent of workers in MNEs move to non-MNEs. By the ... -
Made in China, sold in Norway : local labor market effects of an import shock
Balsvik, Ragnhild; Jensen, Sissel; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar (Discussion paper;25/2014, Working paper, 2014-06)We analyze whether regional labor markets are affected by exposure to import competition from China. We find negative employment effects for low-skilled workers, and observe that low-skilled workers tend to be pushed ... -
Multinationals’ mode of entry with presence of vertical spillovers
Balsvik, Ragnhild (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-02)Multinationals’ mode of foreign expansion may depend on whether or not they expect technological externalities or spillovers to generate new competition. Existing models where ex-post spillovers affect the ex-ante entry ... -
Ownership change and its implications for the match between the plant and its workers
Balsvik, Ragnhild; Haller, Stefanie A. (Discussion paper;10/15, Working paper, 2015-05)Is ownership change an opportunity for new owners to make systematic changes in the workforce of the acquired plant? This paper explores the adjustments to plant size and the composition of the workforce that occur around ... -
Rent Sharing with Footloose Production. Foreign Ownership and Wages Revisited
Balsvik, Ragnhild; Sæthre, Morten (Discussion paper;30/14, Working paper, 2014-09)We present a bargaining model of wage and employment determina- tion, where we show that foreign acquisitions might hurt the bargaining outcome of powerful unions by giving the firm a credible threat to move production ...