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Convergence in per capita income turns on whether technological knowledge spillovers are global or local. Global spillovers favour convergence, while a geographically limited scope of knowledge diffusion can lead to regional clusters of countries with persistently different levels of income per...
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(FDI) between 1987 and 1996. In contrast to earlier work, our results suggest that FDI leads to substantial productivity … gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is economically important, accounting for about 11 percent of … is weaker than for FDI spillovers. The paper also gives a detailed account of why our study leads to results different …
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"This paper uses a case study approach to explore the effects of NAFTA and GATT membership on innovation and trade in the Mexican soaps, detergents, and surfactants (SDS) industry. Several basic findings emerge. First, the most fundamental effect of the NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was...
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externalities are large, perhaps twice the size of wholly-owned FDI spillovers, and it is R&D-intensive firms, including the joint … virtually absent in broad sectors that include economic activities for which China's FDI policy has prohibited joint ventures. …
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(FDI) between the years of 1987 and 1996. In contrast to earlier work, our results suggest that FDI leads to substantial … productivity gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is economically important, accounting for about 11% of … is weaker than for FDI. The paper also gives a detailed account of why our study leads to results different from those …
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