matched employeremployee data. We observe above average separations of workers around domestic acquisitions. This is … associated with a decline in unobserved worker quality in the plant. Foreign acquisitions are not associated with above average …

This paper studies the impact of corporate acquisitions - both domestic and cross-border - on the uncertainty faced by … difference-in-differences to control for the endogenous selection of firms into buying other companies. We find that acquisitions … determined by the geographic scope of the acquisitions firms undertake. We find that the impact of acquisitions on firm …

acquisitions by MNEs from technologically leading countries and those behind the technological frontier. We show that both acquire … similarly R&D intensive domestic firms, but there are important differences post-acquisition. Acquisitions from technologically … sourcing FDI, acquisitions from non-leading countries increase internal R&D efforts. -- MNE ; knowledge production function …