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

Topics:
Import Export,
World Bank
Tags:
Currency & Foreign Exchange,
Finance,
Foreign Direct Investment,
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI),
Investment,
Spillover
Source:
International Monetary Fund

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Overview: This paper estimates international technology spillovers to U.S. manufacturing firms via imports and foreign direct investment (FDI) between 1987 and 1996. In contrast to earlier work, the results suggest that FDI leads to substantial productivity gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is economically important, accounting for about 11 percent of productivity growth in U.S. firms between 1987 and 1996. In addition, there is some evidence for import-related spillovers, but it is weaker than for FDI spillovers. The paper also gives a detailed account of why the study leads to results different from those found in previous work. This analysis indicates that the results are also likely to apply to other countries and periods.

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Format: PDF | Size: 497KB | Date: Dec 2003 | Pages: 40

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