Productivity effects of foreign acquisitions in swedish manufacturing: The FDI productivity issue revisited

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-260

  Karpaty, Patrik ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Difference in difference; Foreign acquisitions; Matching; Multinational firms; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249898878     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571510701344038     Document Type: Article

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