sources of induced spillovers from foreign direct investment. This article evaluates the empirical evidence on productivity …

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