Multinational Enterprises, International Trade, and Productivity Growth : Firm-Level Evidence From the United States /

We estimate international technology spillovers to U.S. manufacturing firms via imports and foreign direct investment (FDI) between 1987 and 1996. In contrast to earlier work, our results suggest that FDI leads to substantial productivity gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is econo...

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Autor principal: Yeaple, Stephen
Otros Autores: Keller, Wolfgang
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/248
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF