Yeaple, Stephen R.; Keller, Wolfgang - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
We estimate international technology spillovers to U.S. manufacturing firms via imports and foreign direct investment … gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is economically important, accounting for about 11 percent of … productivity growth in U.S. firms between 1987 and 1996. In addition, there is some evidence for import-related spillovers, but it …