Absorptive Capacity and Productivity Spillovers from FDI: A Threshold Regression Analysis

This paper explores whether the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on productivity growth is dependent on absorptive capacity using recently developed threshold regression techniques. In manufacturing sectors where technology‐exploiting multinationals are prevalent, the results point to the p...

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Volume:	67
Main Author:	Girma, Sourafel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	Oxford, UK and Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2005 BLACKWELL PUBL LTD Department of Economics, University of Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
published in:	Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 281 - 306
ORCID:	0000-0001-5815-1619
Data of publication:	June 2005
ISSN:	0305-9049 1468-0084
EISSN:	1468-0084
Discipline:	Economics Statistics Mathematics
Bibliography:	I am grateful to Holger Görg, David Greenaway and Martin Hoskins for helpful comments on an initial draft of the paper, which has subsequently undergone substantial changes thanks to some very thoughtful suggestions of an anonymous referee, and specially the Editor.
Series:	Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
Subjects:	C49 F21 F2 D24 Economics Statistics & Probability Physical Sciences Social Sciences Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods Business & Economics Mathematics Mathematical Methods In Social Sciences Science & Technology Usage Regression analysis Foreign investments Analysis GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION R-AND-D BENEFIT FOREIGN DIRECT-INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE HYPOTHESIS INNOVATION MODEL DOMESTIC FIRMS TECHNOLOGY
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