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Multinational Enterprises, International Trade, and Productivity Growth; Firm-Level Evidence From the United States
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263684
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Export Spillovers from Global Shocks for the Middle East and Central Asia
Behar, Alberto; Espinosa-Bowen, Jaime - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper quantifies the effect of realized and potential global growth disappointments on export volumes from the Middle East, North Africa, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Estimates of export elasticities with respect to trading partner GDP indicate non-oil export volumes are relatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142158
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A Model-Based Analysis of Spillovers: The Case of Poland and the Euro Area
Andrle, Michal; Garcia-Saltos, Roberto; Ho, Giang - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper studies economic and financial spillovers from the euro area to Poland in a two-country semi …-structural model. The model incorporates various channels of macrofinancial linkages and cross-border spillovers. We parameterize the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142199
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Spillovers from United States Monetary Policy on Emerging Markets: Different This Time?
Chen, Jiaqian; Griffoli, Tommaso Mancini; Sahay, Ratna - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
debated in global and national policy circles. When the U.S. resorted to unconventional monetary policy, spillovers on asset …-term bond yields. Instead, we find that larger spillovers stem more from structural factors, such as the use of new instruments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123869
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Monetary Policy Coordination and the Role of Central Banks
Mohan, Rakesh; Kapur, Muneesh - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
acknowledge and appreciate the spillovers resulting from such UMPs. Central banks of the AEs, who have set up standing mutual swap …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790334
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The Endogenous Skill Bias of Technical Change and Inequality in Developing Countries
Behar, Alberto - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
This paper draws on existing empirical literature and an original theoretical model to argue that globalization and skill supply affect the extent to which technology adoption in developing countries favors skilled workers. Developing countries are experiencing technical change that is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790338
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Does Technological Diffusion Explain Australia's Productivity Performance?
Tressel, Thierry - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper analyzes the impact of product and labor market policies on technological diffusion and multi-factor productivity (MFP) in a panel of industries in 15 OECD countries over the period 1980 to 2003, with a special focus on Australia. We use a simple convergence empirical framework to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768866
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Determinants of, and the Relation Between, Foreign Direct Investment and Growth; A Summary of the Recent Literature
Lim, Ewe-Ghee - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
economic growth and its determinants. The first part focuses on recent literature regarding positive spillovers from FDI while … spillovers from FDI, there is no consensus on causality. On determinants, the paper finds that market size, infrastructure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769019
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Centripetal forces in China's Economic Take-Off
Dayal-Gulati, Anuradha; Husain, Aasim M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This paper uses provincial time series data from China to empirically investigate two propositions relating to economic development: (i) that economic takeoff is associated with technological transfer through foreign direct investment (FDI); and (ii) that takeoff is accompanied, at least in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769171
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Foreign Direct Investment in Southeastern Europe; How (And How Much) Can Policies Help?
Ribakova, Elina; Horváth, Balázs; Demekas, Dimitri G.; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Gravity factors explain a large part of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in Southeastern Europe-a region not comprehensively covered before in econometric studies-but hostcountry policies also matter. Key are policies that affect relative unit labor costs, the corporate tax burden,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599586