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Ann Harrison
Researcher at National Bureau of Economic Research
Publications - 150
Citations - 20620
Ann Harrison is an academic researcher from National Bureau of Economic Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Foreign direct investment & Globalization. The author has an hindex of 56, co-authored 150 publications receiving 19461 citations. Previous affiliations of Ann Harrison include Bank of America & Columbia University.
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Do Domestic Firms Benefit from Direct Foreign Investment? Evidence from Venezuela
Brian J. Aitken,Ann Harrison +1 more
TL;DR: This paper found that foreign equity participation is positively correlated with plant productivity (the "own-plant" effect), but this relationship is only robust for small enterprises and that the gains from foreign investment appear to be entirely captured by joint ventures.
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Are there positive spillovers from direct foreign investment
Mona Haddad,Ann Harrison +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors employ a unique firm-level dataset to test for such spillovers in the Moroccan manufacturing sector and find evidence that the dispersion of productivity is smaller in sectors with more foreign firms.
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Spillovers, Foreign Investment, and Export Behavior
TL;DR: The authors examined whether spillovers associated with one firm's export activity reduce the cost of exporting for other firms, identifying two sources of spillovers: export production in general and the specific activities of multinationals.
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Openness and Growth: A Time-Series, Cross-Country Analysis for Developing Countries
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare the association between many popular proxies for openness and the rate of GDP growth, as well as the results from cross-section and panel estimation, controlling for country effects.
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Openness and Growth: A Time-Series, Cross-Country Analysis for Developing Countries
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare the association between many popular proxies for openness and the rate of GDP growth, as well as the results from cross-section and panel estimation, controlling for country effects.