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 …We estimate international technology spillovers to U.S. manufacturing firms via imports and foreign direct investment …

The literature on the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) and activities of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on … host-countries has been almost exclusively focused on issues of productivity, growth and wages. We argue that this leaves …

reductions associated with China's WTO ascension, increased the productivity impacts of FDI's backward spillovers. Tax policy … magnitude and direction of FDI spillovers. We examine these spillover effects across the diverse ownership structure of China …-level productivity and industry FDI, thereby limiting the problem of omitted variables and bias associated with estimating the impacts of …

technological externalities, or spillovers. In addition to reviewing the recent empirical research on technology spillovers, the … technology spillovers through international trade and the activity of multinational enterprises. The analysis also highlights …

exporters, either through learning by doing or through establishing buyer- supplier linkages. We pursue the idea that spillovers … sources of spillovers: export activity in general and the specific activities of multinational enterprises. We use a simple … manufacturing plants, we find evidence consistent with spillovers from the export activity of multinational enterprises but not with …

We study the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity (TFP) of domestic firms using a new …, representative firm-level data set spanning six countries. A novel finding is that firm-level spillovers from foreign firms to … domestic companies can be significantly positive, non-existent, or even negative, depending on which sectors receive FDI. When …

spillovers from multinationals to domestic firms justify pro- FDI policies. For the first time, we use firm-to-firm transaction … superstars intensive in R&D, IT and/or human capital. In addition to productivity spillovers, we document the transmission of …Despite competition concerns over the increasing dominance of global corporations, many argue that productivity …

The empirical analysis in "International R&D Spillovers" (Coe and Helpman, 1995) is first revisited by applying modern … characteristics. The results suggest that institutional differences are important determinants of total factor productivity and that … they impact the degree of R&D spillovers …

-owned firms may promote technological catch-up of local firms. Such channel of spillovers is defined as "Veblen … 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 …

Are there productivity spillovers from FDI to domestic firms, and, if so, how much should host countries be willing to …'s TFP and the foreign-affiliate share of activity in that plant's industry. This is consistent with positive FDI spillovers … pay to attract FDI? To examine these questions we use a plant-level panel covering U.K. manufacturing from 1973 through …