Using firm-level data for Jordan, we estimate the extent to which growth spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI … disinvestment). We find that they have a significant transitory nature, with employment and capital growth declining when FDI falls …, particularly in downstream industries supplied by locals. This suggests that if FDI-attracting policies are intended to promote …

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

In this paper we take stock of the evidence concerning the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the … productivity of locally owned firms in the Czech Republic. To this end, we collect 332 estimates previously reported in journal … presence of foreign firms (the "FDI spillover") is zero. There is no evidence of publication bias, i.e., no sign of selective …

simultaneity bias in productivity estimates through semi-parametric techniques, we find that changes in domestic firms’ TFP are …

This paper examines evidence on wage spillovers from workers with experience in foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs … for such spillovers across the wage distribution using quantile regressions. I begin by using existing methodology and … positive spillovers for incumbent workers in the top 40 percent of the wage distribution only. This indicates that foreign MNEs …

. -- FDI ; multinationals ; productivity ; spillover ; regions …Firms cluster their economic activities to exploit technological and informational spillovers from other firms …. Spillovers through the entry of multinational firms can be particularly beneficial to domestic firms because of their …

The paper analyses productivity spillovers from foreign MNEs on domestic manufacturing firms. Using a database on … higher when local and foreign firms in manufacturing sectors are co-located. However, spillovers benefiting domestic firms …

from multinationals (spillovers through forward linkages). The existing literature on productivity spillovers has relied on … forward linkages. My results provide strong support for the existence of productivity spillovers through backward linkages …. -- FDI ; spillovers ; forward-backward linkages …

FDI is an important channel for productivity spillovers across economies. But productivity and employment effects of … significant. -- FDI ; Spillover ; foreign ownership ; cross-border M&A ; productivity ; employment effects … difference of total factor productivity amounts to 6 %. Second, multinationals show quite heterogeneous performances after cross …