Working Paper Series, FIEF - Trade Union Institute for Economic Research
No 194:
Foreign Direct Investment and Productivity Spillovers in Swedish Manufacturing
Patrik Karpaty ()
and Lars Lundberg ()
Abstract: Based on a panel of data for Swedish manufacturing firms
in 1990-2000, this paper finds strong evidence for the existence of
positive spillover effects from inward FDI. The presence of foreign
ownership in the same industry and region seems to enhance the total factor
productivity of domestic firms. Moreover, the size of these FDI spillover
effects seems to depend both on the nationality of the foreign MNF as well
as on the absorptive capacity of the domestic firm, measured by its own
R&D. It appears that this positive relationship between foreign presence
and productivity cannot be explained as a consequence of reverse causality,
i.e that FDI is attracted to highly productive regions and industries.
Keywords: Multinational firms; Productivity spillovers; Foreign direct investment; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: F23; O30; (follow links to similar papers)
28 pages, June 9, 2004
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