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Information frictions, investment promotion, and multinational production : firm-level evidence
Carballo, Jerónimo; Marra de Artiñano, Ignacio; Volpe … - 2021
While countries make use of a wide range of policies to attract multinational firms, identifying the effect of such policies is difficult. Combining firm-level data on both the location of these firms' foreign affiliates and detailed service-specific information from Costa Rica's investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509370
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Multinational production and "soft" industrial policies
Carballo, Jerónimo; Marra de Artiñano, Ignacio; Volpe … - 2020 - This version: January 2020
Multinational production has become increasingly important in recent decades. Countries resort to different industrial policies to influence the geography of this production. In this paper, we focus on a ubiquitous “soft” industrial policy that aims at reducing information barriers -...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012154635
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Information Frictions, Investment Promotion, and Multinational Production : Firm-Level Evidence
Carballo, Jerónimo; Artiñano, Ignacio Marra; Volpe … - 2021
While countries make use of a wide range of policies to attract multinational firms, identifying the effect of such policies is difficult. Combining firm-level data on both the location of these firms’ foreign affiliates and detailed service-specific information from Costa Rica’s investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013229704
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South-South FDI : is it really different?
Gold, Robert; Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife; Seric, Adnan - 2017
productivity growth between Northern and Southern FDI, irrespective of how the latter is defined. We also find that employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011820905
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South-South FDI : is it really different?
Görg, Holger; Gold, Robert; Hanley, Aoife; Seric, Adnan - 2017
productivity growth between Northern and Southern FDI, irrespective of how the latter is defined. However, we find that employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011658781
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Firm-level productivity spillovers from FDI in Latin American countries
Mühlen, Henning - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947819
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A touch of sophistication : FDI and unit values of exports
Harding, Torfinn; Javorcik, Beata K. Smarzynska - 2009
The debate on trade and growth increasingly focuses on the composition of exports. Exports of more "sophisticated" products appear to be positively correlated with growth, and upgrading the quality of exports is high on the policy agenda of many countries. This study presents evidence suggesting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003922581
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A Touch of Sophistication : FDI and Unit Values of Exports
Harding, Torfinn - 2009
The debate on trade and growth increasingly focuses on the composition of exports. Exports of more “sophisticated” products appear to be positively correlated with growth, and upgrading the quality of exports is high on the policy agenda of many countries. This study presents evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153286
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The long-run relationship between outward FDI and total factor productivity : evidence for developing countries
Herzer, Dierk - 2010
productivity for a sample of 33 developing countries over the period 1980-2005. Using panel cointegration techniques, we find that …: (i) outward FDI has, on average, a positive long-run effect on total factor productivity in developing countries, (ii …) increased factor productivity is both consequence and a cause of increased outward FDI, and (iii) there are large differences in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003947934
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Firm-Level Productivity Spillovers from FDI in Latin American Countries
Mühlen, Henning - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086728