This paper investigates the productivity effects of inward and outward foreign direct investment using industry and … country. Our results show that there are, on average, productivity benefits from inward FDI, although we can identify a number … of countries which, on aggregate, do not appear to benefit in terms of productivity. On the other hand, a country's stock …

relationship between the margins of trade and firm productivity, both across firms and within firms over time. In addition, we … and the value of CAT exports responds differently to variation in firm productivity and trade costs than does the export …

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

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

industry and the role that globalization plays in that process. Using matched worker-firm data from Sweden, we find strong … may be significant gains from globalization that have not been identified in the past - globalization may improve the …

We quantify the causal effect of foreign investment on total factor productivity (TFP) using a new global firm … domestic firms, we calculate the aggregate impact of foreign investment on country-level productivity growth and find it to be …

Recent literature on multinational firms has stressed the importance of low productivity as a barrier to the cross …

Recent literature on multinational firms has stressed the importance of low productivity as a barrier to the cross …

: their productivity level and its export status. In line with theories and empirical evidence on the absorptive capacity of …