and existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms in the … host country (i.e., spillovers). We document that backward linkages have a consistently positive effect on productivity of … domestic firms while horizontal and forward linkages show no consistent effect. We also examine how the strength of spillovers …

and existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms in the … host country (i.e. spillovers). We document that backward linkages have a consistently positive effect on productivity of … domestic firms while horizontal and forward linkages show no consistent effect. We also examine how the strength of spillovers …

; emerging markets ; spillovers …

hypothesis that spillovers are greater for FDI with more advanced technology. While efficiency of domestic firms' is affected by … by sectors and types of firms. -- FDI ; spillovers ; transition economies ; efficiency … existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms in the host country …

Our estimates, based on large firm-level and industry-level data sets from eighteen countries, suggest that FDI and … FDI effect is more pronounced for firms from advanced economies. Moreover, our results indicate that the spillover effects …

estimate whether the gender status of firms' ownership in FDI recipient countries matters for the size of knowledge spillovers … ownership structure of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) is also vital for spillovers between MNEs and local firms. Our results … out these gains potentially. Female gendered MNEs also impose a similar penalty on knowledge spillovers. As a policy …