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...

Descrizione completa

Dettagli Bibliografici
Autore principale: Yeaple, Stephen
Altri autori: Keller, Wolfgang
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/248
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF