spillovers - which are supposed to affect productivity levels of other firms in a host country. Empirical results on this topic …' productivity levels. The impact is assessed as an average effect for the full set of countries as well as for each economy …

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 … negative productivity spillovers. Finally, the estimations show that the negative spillovers largely stem from foreign firms (i …

diffusion leads to a “greening” of economies boosting productivity of “clean” carbon-extensive sectors. Knowledge diffusion … lowers the costs of global climate policy by about 90% for emerging countries (China) and 20% for developed regions (Europe …

reforms or alternative productivity scenarios are hardly effective in reducing the divide between urban and rural areas. …

limit productive employment of the poor. Yet, simulated policy reforms or alternative productivity scenarios are hardly …

model for climate policy analyses. It analyzes China's accession to a Post Kyoto emission regime that keeps global emissions …, China will become a net seller of emission permits and steadily reduce emissions, possibly below their 2004 level until 2030 … on Chinese welfare will not significantly change when China joins the Post Kyoto regime. …

concerned, as well as on mainland China, the European Union, the United States and the rest of the world, following an increase …

This paper presents empirical evidence of the effect of FDI inflows on productivity convergence in central and eastern … Europe, using industry-level data. Four conclusions stand out. First, there is a strong convergence effect in productivity …, both at the country and at the industry level. Second, FDI inflow plays an important role in accounting for productivity …