Foreign firms and host-country productivity: Does the mode of entry matter?

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 158-186

  Balsvik, Ragnhild ^a   Haller, Stefanie A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; LABOR MARKET; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

NORWAY;

EID: 79952023838     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpq014     Document Type: Article

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