spillovers - which are supposed to affect productivity levels of other firms in a host country. Empirical results on this topic …' productivity levels. The impact is assessed as an average effect for the full set of countries as well as for each economy …

direct investment (FDI) activity in driving regional total factor productivity (TFP). Using West German state-level data for … ones over the sample period 1976-2008. In the short run, TFP growth is predominantly affected by changes in exports, inward …

-border acquisition, show different productivity levels as compared to those firms that have not been acquired. Our identification … firms' balance sheet for the years 2008-2018. We find that cross-border acquisitions decrease the productivity of the … targeted by acquirers originating in emerging market economies also decrease productivity of high-tech target firms. …