Ragnhild Balsvik

E-mail:

Ragnhild.Balsvik@nhh.no

Ragnhild Balsvik

Telephone:

+47 559 59510

Fax:

+47 559 59543

Title:

Assistant professor,  dr. oecon.

Nationality:

Norwegian
Curriculum Vitae

Teaching languages:

Norwegian, English

Teaching areas/Courses:

 

Research areas:

International economics, Productivity spillovers, Labour economics.

Research in progress:
  • Information sharing and location choice: Evidence from Norwegian FDI, with Line Tøndel Seim, CMI Bergen.
  • Exporting and productivity, with Sissel Jensen, NHH.
  • Employee effects of acquisitions, with Stefanie A. Haller.
  • Outsourcing and wages, with Sigurd Birkeland.

Publications :
  • "Is labor mobility a channel for spillovers from multinationals? Evidence from Norwegian manufacturing."  Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93(1), 285-297.
  • "Foreign firms and host country productivity: Does the mode of entry matter?" (With Stefanie Haller), Oxford Economic Papers, 2011 63 (1): 158-186.
  • "Picking "lemons" or "cherries"? Domestic and foreign acquisitions in Norwegian manufacturing. (With Stefanie Haller), Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 2010, 12 (2). 361-387.
  •  'Multinationals' mode of entry in the presence of upstream spillovers', Economica, Vol. 77, Issue 306, April 2010, 334–351.

Working papers:
  •  Kunnskapsstatus for hva økonomisk forskning har avdekket om flernasjonale selskapers internprising i Norge. SNF rapport 11/09, med Sissel Jensen, Jarle Møen og Julia Tropina.
  • The contribution of foreign entrants to employment and productivity growth. With Stefanie Haller. NHH Discussion paper, SAM 26/2006.
  • Is mobility of labour a channel for spillovers from multinationals to local domestic firms? NHH Discussion paper, SAM 25/2006

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