distribution dynamics techniques. It explicitly considers economic size of each province and whether spatial spillovers exist …. Results indicate that the convergence process has been especially intense for labor productivity, total factor productivity …

, and North Africa. We find strong evidence of horizontal productivity spillovers to domestic firms derived from foreign …This paper analyzes the horizontal productivity effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) from industrialized and …-firm presence. However, these effects are clearly dependent on domestic firms’ absorptive capacity. The largest productivity effects …