This paper examines the extent to which foreign investment in the UK generates wage spillovers in the domestic sector of the economy using a simultaneous dynamic panel data model and focusing on the electronics sector, possibly the most 'globalized' sector of UK manufacturing. It finds evidence...

Generally the net profit of newly incorporated companies are observed to be higher than that of their older counterparts. This is explained in terms of the edge the newer companies have vis-a-vis the older ones in terms of recurrent expenditures. So even a small increase in the gross profits of...

This paper focuses on the role of absorptive capacity in determining whether or not domestic establishments benefit from productivity spillovers from FDI. We analyse this issue using establishment level data for the electronics and engineering sectors in the UK. We distinguish the effect of FDI...