Empirical studies analysing productivity effects of inward FDI in Latin America (LA) are inconclusive. We argue that … FDI to generate productivity effects differs across sectors. For these reasons and because sectoral FDI intensities vary … significantly among LA countries and change over time, we investigate the productivity effects of FDI in eight different sectors …

urban productivity in Latin American cities. The use of night-time lights satellite imagery and high-resolution population … areas generates opposite effects on urban productivity. On the one hand, smaller governments tend to be more responsive and … efficient, which increases productivity. But, on the other hand, multiple local governments face coordination costs that reduce …