The effect of technology spillovers is widely considered as one of the main channels through which domestic firms benefit from FDI (Foreign Direct Investments), and plays an important role in economic development of host countries. FDI is expected to generate technology spillovers to indigenous...

We use a unique cross-section survey of manufacturing firms from four European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain) linked with balance sheet data to study the relationship between key aspects of globalization and firm-level markups. The main results are: (i) Exporting is positively...

We use a unique cross-section survey of manufacturing firms from four European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain) linked with balance sheet data to study the relationship between key aspects of globalization and firm-level markups. The main results are: (i) Exporting is positively...

Broad trends in the regional dispersion, industrial composition, and source country of foreign investment in manufacturing branch plants over the 1977-1986 period are described. Regression analysis, with states as the unit of observation, is used to investigate the factors important to the...