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Suppliers of Multinationals and the Forced Linkage Effect : Evidence from Firm Level Data
Godart, Olivier - 2013
productivity growth than other firms, including other host country suppliers of multinationals. These findings provide first …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087413
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Spillovers Through Backward Linkages from Multinationals : Measurement Matters!
Barrios, Salvador - 2009
We argue that the measures of backward linkages used in recent papers on spillovers from multinational companies are potentially problematic, as they depend on a number of restrictive assumptions, namely that (i) multinationals use domestically produced inputs in the same proportion as imported...
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Foreign Direct Investment and Knowledge Diffusion in Poor Locations
Abebe, Girum - 2020
. Spillovers from FDI are identified by comparing changes in total factor productivity (TFP) among domestic plants in districts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012829230
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Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Regional Inequality in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng; Zhao, Min Qiang - 2021
accelerated. We find that human capital positively affects output per worker and productivity growth. In particular, in terms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325091
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Estimating Direct and Indirect Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Firm Productivity in the Presence of Interactions between Firms
Girma, Sourafel - 2015
We implement a method to estimate the direct effects of foreign-ownership on foreign firms' productivity and the … indirect effects (or spillovers) from the presence of foreign-owned firms on other foreign and domestic firms' productivity in … in empirical studies examining a direct causal effect of foreign ownership on firm productivity, namely that of no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032281
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FDI Impact on Firm Performance in Enlarged Europe : Evidence from a Meta-Regression Analysis
Bruno, Randolph Luca - 2014
focused on Enlarged Europe. The results show that there exists a positive indirect impact of FDI on productivity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055562
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North-South Trade-Related Technology Diffusion : Virtuous Growth Cycles in Latin America
Schiff, Maurice - 2012
This paper examines the impact on TFP in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and in other developing countries (DEV) of trade-related foreign R&D (NRD), education and governance. The measures of NRD are constructed based on industry-specific R&D in the North, North-South trade patterns, and...
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Openness and Technological Innovations in Developing Countries : Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys
Almeida, Rita - 2007
This paper examines international technology transfers using firm-level data across 43 developing countries. Our findings show that exporting and importing activities are important channels for the transfer of technology. Majority foreign-owned firms are less likely to engage in technological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776490
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Openness and Technological Innovation in East Asia : Have They Increased the Demand for Skills?
Almeida, Rita - 2009
This paper asks whether the increased openness and technological innovation in East Asia have contributed to an increased demand for skills in the region. We explore a unique firm level data set across eight countries. Our results strongly support the idea that greater openness and technology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155474
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Review of the Recent Trends in Development Economics Research : With Experience from the Federal Region of Kurdistan
Heshmati, Almas - 2008
This study is a review of the recent trends in development economics research. The focus is on the development in the recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the development in a number area where similar trends are...
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