This study examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on local firms' productivity via human capital … due to the Republic of Korea's visa regulations. We find that the industry and regional FDI positively affect local firms …' productivity, particularly firms with higher growth in hiring skilled foreign employees. This human capital spillover from FDI is …

This paper investigates the geographic extent of foreign direct investment (FDI) technology spillovers and diffusion in … spatial dimensions of FDI spillovers. Our empirical results show that FDI presence (measured as employment share) in a … positive FDI spillovers through interregional technology diffusion via labor market channels; these interregional spillovers …

of foreign direct investment (FDI), considering that the latter is an international technology diffusion channel …. Although FDI appears to be an important channel in the diffusion of technology models theoretically, empirical evidence related … to the effect of FDI on growth is ambiguous. By applying the approach of Ben-David (1996), which focuses on convergence …

This paper examines the effect of transition and of political instability on FDI flows to the transition economies of … Central Europe, the Baltics and the Balkans. We find that FDI to transition economies unaffected by conflict and political … tends to increase FDI inflows. In the case of Balkan countries, conflict and instability have reduced FDI inflows below what …

investments (FDI) in the US. In contrast to earlier work, this paper puts special emphasis on controlling for Marshallian … externalities may, if not accounted for appropriately, be falsely attributed to FDI. This paper also deals with the potential … endogeneity of FDI and the presence of spatial lags by employing a system generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator. We use a …

This paper extends the existing literature on FDI and wage inequality. We do this in two ways. Firstly, we incorporate … and vertical FDI. Secondly, after establishing the effects that inward investment has on wage inequality, we then analyse … has on this. We illustrate the important differences that horizontal and vertical FDI have on both wages and wage …

investment treaties as a possible determinant of BIT-related effects on bilateral FDI flows. Our estimation results prove to be … dispute settlement provisions do not necessarily result in higher FDI inflows so that the effectiveness of BITs as a credible … commitment device remains elusive. -- Dispute Settlement ; BITs ; FDI flows …