We assess the role of capital goods imports and inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) as transmission channels … source countries in terms of total factor productivity (TFP). We find that the importance of these transmission mechanisms … depends on the BRICs’ local capacity to absorb superior technologies and on domestic investment. …

-country heterogeneity in the impact of inequality on health. Using panel cointegration techniques that are robust to omitted variables … ; Inequality ; Panel cointegration …

countries than for health in poorer countries. Employing panel cointegration and conventional panel regressions, we find that …

countries than for health in poorer countries. Employing panel cointegration and conventional panel regressions, we find that …

firm characteristics for analyzing the determinants of outward foreign direct investment (FDI). The focus is on the role of … their engagement in already existing Indian firms. Most notably, the productivity of the German parents matters only for …

This paper estimates the aggregate productivity effects of Marshallian externalities generated by foreign direct … externalities and other intra- and inter-regional spillovers generated by domestic firms. The productivity effects of these … explicitly as determinants of total factor productivity, and tests several empirical specifications of this model, using data for …