Bernard Hoekman

TL;DR: This paper found that foreign direct investment had a greater positive impact on total factor productivity in firms in the Czech Republic over a four-year period than joint ventures did, suggesting that parent firms transferred more know-how to affiliates than joint venture firms got from their partners.

TL;DR: The Political Economy of the World Trading System as mentioned in this paper is a comprehensive textbook account of the economics, institutional mechanics and politics of the world trading system, focusing in particular on the WTO's role as the primary organisation through which trading nations manage their commercial interactions and the focal point for cooperation on policy responses to the rapidly changing global trading environment.

TL;DR: This paper used firm-level data for the Czech Republic to show that during 1992-96, foreign investment had the predicted positive impact on total factor productivity growth of recipient firms and that the magnitude of the spillover becomes much smaller and loses significance with foreign direct investment alone.

TL;DR: A survey of the literature on services trade can be found in this article, focusing on contributions that investigate the determinants of international trade and investment in services, the potential gains from greater trade, and efforts to cooperate to achieve such liberalization through trade agreements.

TL;DR: A survey of the literature on services trade can be found in this paper, focusing on contributions that investigate the determinants of international trade and investment in services, the potential gains from greater trade, and efforts to cooperate to achieve such liberalization through trade agreements.