This paper analyzes the horizontal productivity effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) from industrialized and …, and North Africa. We find strong evidence of horizontal productivity spillovers to domestic firms derived from foreign …-firm presence. However, these effects are clearly dependent on domestic firms' absorptive capacity. The largest productivity effects …

This paper analyzes the horizontal productivity effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) from industrialized and …, and North Africa. We find strong evidence of horizontal productivity spillovers to domestic firms derived from foreign …-firm presence. However, these effects are clearly dependent on domestic firms’ absorptive capacity. The largest productivity effects …

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

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 …

globalization and productivity growth. The editors' careful selection includes articles that focus on the impact of globalization on … aggregate productivity, openness, international technology diffusion, and trade adjustment and productivity growth. Other topics … exporting and productivity. The set will be an essential reference point for researchers, students and policy-makers concerned …