Evaluating the Causal Effect of Foreign Acquisition on Domestic Performances: The Case of Slovenian Manufacturing Firms

Abstract

Foreign direct investment is claimed to positively a¤ect …rms in the host country through a number of growth-enhancing e¤ects, generally termed "productivity spillovers." However, the empirical evidence for developing economies is quite controversial. This paper investigates the impact of foreign acquisition on the performances of a sample of Slovenian manufacturing …rms subject to takeover in 1997. The "propensity scorematching" estimation technique, also combined with the "di¤erence-in-di¤erences" approach, is used with the purpose of controlling for the potential bias arising from the nonrandom selection of acquired …rms. Our analysis con…rms that foreign investors acquire only the most productive …rms, while …nds no convincing evidence that the performances of such …rms improve in the post-acquisition period as a result of foreign acquisition.

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