This paper investigates the productivity effects of inward and outward foreign direct investment using industry and … spillovers we argue that effects of FDI work through direct compositional effects as well as changing competition in the host … country. Our results show that there are, on average, productivity benefits from inward FDI, although we can identify a number …

competition in explaining productivity spillovers within industries. Our empirical analysis yields a number of important findings …This paper analyses the potential for productivity spillovers from inward foreign direct investment using … unlikely to generate productivity spillovers, while spillovers increase in the capital intensity of foreign affiliates. Second …

productivity, wages and exports spillovers in developing, developed and transitional economies. Although theory can identify a …

exporting and productivity shows that exporters on average are more efficient than nonexporters. If that is the case we may also …

?s productivity. We compare outsourcing in domestic with foreign-owned establishments. Our empirical results suggest that high wages …-owned firms have higher levels of outsourcing than domestic establishments. In the productivity analysis we find that an … establishment?s outsourcing intensity is positively related to its labour productivity and total factor productivity growth and that …

investigate the relationship between exports and productivity. Our overall results are in line with the big picture that is by now … controlled for, and these exporter productivity premia tend to increase with the share of exports in total sales; there is strong … government report higher productivity premia. However, the level of development per se does not appear to be an explanation for …

corruption on productivity. Corruption is defined as a 'bribe tax' and is compared to another form of institutional inefficiency … their effects in the full sample, only the bribe tax appears to have a negative effect on firm-level productivity, while the … taxes, implying that bribing does not emerge as a second-best option to achieve higher productivity by helping circumvent …