suggests that the effect of offshoring manufacturing and services on total factor productivity (TFP) is positive and larger …A major question in the globalization debate is whether outsourcing and offshoring activities are beneficial to the … home country. This paper investigates the effects on productivity and trade from the perspective of transaction costs …

This paper examines the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity growth in Canadian … through inter-industry linkages and studies the role of absorptive capacity in enhancing the productivity benefits of FDI. Our … productivity growth; (iii) research and development (R&D) stocks and the wage share of high-skilled workers are positively …

Using data on manufacturing plants operating in Canada for the period from 1981 to 1997, we estimate the effect of … changes in the level of foreign control upon labour productivity in domestically-controlled plants. We distinguish between … use of intermediate inputs. We find that foreign control increases productivity growth in domestically-controlled plants …

superior performance of foreign-controlled plants and their productivity spillovers to domestic plants. The paper finds that … productivity growth in the last two decades. Finally, we find robust evidence for productivity spillovers from foreign …