or sector, it is their productivity advantage on the local firm to determine the positive effect on domestic productivity … significant and robust Veblen-Gerschenkrion effect. The initial total factor productivity advantage of MNEs on local firm acts as … a stimulus for productivity growth of local firms in the same region. …

sector, it is their initial productivity advantage on the local firm to determine the positive effect on domestic … productivity growth. We test this hypothesis using firm level data for German and Italian companies during the 90's and we find …

or sector, it is their productivity advantage on the local firm to determine the positive effect on domestic productivity … significant and robust Veblen-Gerschenkrion effect. The initial total factor productivity advantage of MNEs on local firm acts as … a stimulus for productivity growth of local firms in the same region. …

The diffusion of knowledge in the world generates positive externalities if knowledge flows increase the productivity … productivity. We first estimate the determinants of knowledge flows across 141 sub-national regions in 19 countries of Europe and … productivity of R&D resources in generating innovation (patenting) and productivity (TFP). While we find that knowledge diffusion …

, effect on total factor productivity. …