This paper investigates the productivity effects of inward and outward foreign direct investment using industry and … spillovers we argue that effects of FDI work through direct compositional effects as well as changing competition in the host … country. Our results show that there are, on average, productivity benefits from inward FDI, although we can identify a number …

OLS estimation. …

This paper is unique in testing the importance of the foreign ownership definition when estimating productivity … companies. In addition, it moves beyond the standard framework by not only analyzing aggregate productivity spillovers, but also … results. With regard to domestic firm characteristics, high export orientation and high competition mitigate some of the …

first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of foreign …

is increasing in its productivity, with the most productive multinationals choosing not to rely on a foreign partner at …

how firm-specific characteristics affect each decision. We find that total factor productivity is a significant …

the productivity effect of: (a) foreign ownership in firms, and (b) foreign presence in industries and regions. In the … productivity. In the second case, the impact of foreign investment on productivity of domestically owned firms turns out to be …

first order stochastic dominance it is shown that, in line with this hypothesis, the productivity distribution of foreign …