estimation of production functions together with information on prices and quantities to estimate physical productivity, markups …

Productivity in Russia has fallen steadily over the past 15 years. This paper explores micro-level data to understand … the contribution of individual firms to aggregate productivity. Overall, firm-level data corroborate the decline in … aggregate productivity and a widening productivity gap against several European countries. They also show that the gap between …

. Spillovers from FDI are identified by comparing changes in total factor productivity (TFP) among domestic plants in districts …

-specific investment policy reform on firm productivity. Hereby we exploit a protectionist foreign direct investment reform (the so … since. Our empirical analysis links the changes within this regulatory framework to variation in firm-level productivity in … investment, followed by a sizable decrease in firm productivity. From the different types of conditions, sector-wide FDI bans …

This paper seeks to understand how outward foreign direct investment (FDI) affects the productivity of Canadian firms …. We estimate the impact of outward greenfield investment on measures of firm-level productivity using FDI data from … with a difference-in-difference approach, we find that firms that invest abroad tend to see more important productivity …

upgrading in foreign-acquired firms. We reveal substantial productivity gains within foreign-acquired firms and we show that …

This paper examines the causal relationship between foreign mergers and acquisitions and firm productivity in the UK … positive aggregate effects on labor productivity due to capital deepening but not due to changes in TFP. -- Cross …-border mergers and acquisitions ; Productivity ; Firm heterogeneity …

abroad (market-driven vs. resource-driven FDI). Second, we highlight the role of productivity growth in the post-entry period …. Our findings suggest that productivity affects the FDI decision considerably whereas expected feedback and learning … effects of FDI on productivity are remarkably lower. We further detect that more market-driven MNEs exhibit a higher …

domestic productivity. Our results display some heterogeneity across industries and types of acquisitions, suggesting a …