Foreign direct investment as a catalyst for industrial development
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In this paper, the authors developed an analytical framework to assess the effect of FDI on local firms in the same industry and showed that FDI may lead to the establishment of local industrial sectors.About:
This article is published in European Economic Review.The article was published on 1999-02-15 and is currently open access. It has received 1555 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Foreign direct investment.read more
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Does Foreign Direct Investment Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms? In Search of Spillovers Through Backward Linkages
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the impact of trade and foreign direct investment on the productivity of domestic firms in the manufacturing sector in the country of Lithuania and found that a 10 percent increase in the foreign presence in downstream sectors is associated with a 0.38 percent rise in output of each domestic firm in the supplying industry.
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Does Foreign Direct Investment Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms? In Search of Spillovers Through Backward Linkages
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the issue of FDI spillovers through backward linkages and go beyond existing studies by shedding some light on factors driving this phenomenon, which is consistent with the existence of knowledge spillovers from foreign affiliates to their local suppliers, but they may also be a result of increased competition in upstream sectors.
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Much Ado About Nothing? Do Domestic Firms Really Benefit from Foreign Investment?
TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive evaluation of the empirical evidence on productivity, wages and exports spillovers in developing, developed and transitional economies is presented. But, although theory can identify a range of possible spillover channels, robust empirical support for positive spillovers is hard to find.
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Much ado about nothing? do domestic firms really benefit from foreign direct investment?
Holger Görg,David Greenaway +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate the empirical evidence on productivity, wage, and export spillovers in developing, developed, and transition economies and conclude that robust empirical support for positive spillovers is at best mixed.
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Are there positive spillovers from direct foreign investment
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors employ a unique firm-level dataset to test for such spillovers in the Moroccan manufacturing sector and find evidence that the dispersion of productivity is smaller in sectors with more foreign firms.
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