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This paper assesses the effect on total factor productivity (TFP) of a change in the status of a firm from domestic producer to either exporter or subsidiary of a multinational firm. It is an extension of earlier work that looks solely on the effect of exporting on TFP (Girma et al, 2003 and...
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This paper investigates the relationship between firm heterogeneity and a firm's decision to export, using the annual … find that entry sunk costs and firm characteristics are important factors in explaining a firm's decision to export … implications. Export platform FDI is used to explain the behavior of foreign firms that invest in Thailand. Using three measures of …
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Productivity growth may be affected particularly for developing countries by international linkages or technology transfer. We evaluate relationships between productivity and FDI, exports, imports and licensing for Turkish manufacturing plants in the apparel, textiles, and motor vehicles...
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firms' export performance. Drawing on Porter hypothesis and firm heterogeneity theory, we adopt a structural model where …
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This paper studies how the presence of multinational enterprises affects the export performance of Bulgarian … manufacturing firms - Export spillovers from FDI. Using export data at the firm/product/destination level for the period 2004 …-2006, we find positive forward spillover on export value and quantity, related to quality upgrading. Conversely, we find …
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Whether a firm is able to attract foreign capital and whether it may participate at the export market depends on …
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We investigate the impact of international outsourcing on productivity using plant level data for Irish manufacturing. Specifically, we distinguish the effect of outsourcing of materials from services inputs. Moreover, we examine whether the impact on productivity is different for plants being...
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This paper considers how input market liberalization affects host country productivity spillovers from multinational corporation (MNC) investments. The standard “Backward Linkage” measure used to estimate technology and learning spillovers to local upstream suppliers — pioneered by...
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That global networks provide positive externalities to participating firms is a well‑documented fact. Less is known about how the performance of non-participating firms, especially those that are small or medium-sized, changes with exposure to an increase in the presence of globally integrated...
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