This paper extends the literature on productivity spillovers from inward FDI. We use comparable industry level data for …

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 investigates the productivity effects of inward and outward foreign direct investment using industry and … country level data for 17 OECD countries. The paper relates to a large recent literature on productivity spillovers from … inward FDI, however, we also consider the relationship between productivity and outward FDI in the same estimation. Our …

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 …

Abstract: This paper investigates the productivity effects of inward and outward foreign direct investment using … the host country. Our results show that there are, on average, productivity benefits from inward FDI, although we can … identify a number of countries which, on aggregate, do not appear to benefit in terms of productivity. On the other hand, a …

This paper calculates returns to scale and productivity growth in UK manufacturing establishments in the electronics … productivity growth. We use a matching and difference-in-differences methodology which allows us to construct a reasonable … counterfactual and to determine the post-acquisition changes in RTS and productivity that can be attributed to the incidence of …

We investigate the impact of international outsourcing on productivity using plant level data for Irish manufacturing … on productivity is different for plants being more embedded in international markets through exporting or being part of a … outsourcing of services on productivity for firms not operating on the export market. …

addition to data on supplier credit, equity and other finance sources. Our regressions reveal a female-to-male productivity gap … funding is not a problem are associated with higher productivity than males, all things equal. In a finding new to the …