Are there productivity spillovers from FDI to domestic firms, and, if so, how much should host countries be willing to …

productivity gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is economically important, accounting for about 14% of … productivity growth in U.S. firms between 1987 and 1996. In addition, there is some evidence for imports-related spillovers, but it …

host-countries has been almost exclusively focused on issues of productivity, growth and wages. We argue that this leaves …

technologies, leading to higher productivity. We propose a model of endogenous selection and innovation in heterogeneous firms that …

manufacturing industries. The estimated elasticities of productivity with respect to R&D capital are significant and plausible, both …

. Second, density of physical capital in a city outside a plant has no effect on a plant's productivity. Third, most of the … productivity differences between cities with high and low levels of human capital match remarkably well differences in labor costs … equilibrium forces and spillovers, the productivity gains generated by human capital spillover are offset by increased labor costs …

Foreign-owned firms are often hypothesized to generate productivity "spillovers" to the host country, but both …-ante identical workers learn from their employers in proportion to the firm?s productivity. Foreign-owned firms have, on average …, higher productivity in equilibrium due to entry costs, which means that low-productivity foreign firms cannot enter. Foreign …

establishments with minority and majority ownership differ in terms of productivity levels? Secondly, does the degree of spillover … labor productivity and that domestic establishments benefit from spillovers. However, the degree of foreign ownership does … neither affect the level of labor productivity in foreign establishments, nor the degree of spillovers …

characteristics. The results suggest that institutional differences are important determinants of total factor productivity and that …

in a region or sector, it is their productivity advantage that determines the positive effect on domestic firms in … measuring total factor productivity (TFP) of firms and to different empirical specifications …