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The role of the efficiency gap for spillovers from FDI : evidence from the UK electronics and engineering sectors

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dc.creator Girma, Sourafel
dc.creator Görg, Holger
dc.date 2007
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:14:16Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:14:16Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier Open economies review 0923-7992 18 2007 2 215-232
dc.identifier doi:10.1007/s11079-007-9031-y
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/4025
dc.identifier ppn:534576206
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/4025
dc.description This paper focuses on the role of the efficiency gap in determining whether or not domestic firms benefit from productivity spillovers from FDI. We use establishment level data for the period 1980-1992 for the UK. Given that there is substantial heterogeneity of productivity across sectors we focus on two manufacturing sectors in detail, namely, electronics and engineering. We allow for different effects of FDI on establishments located at different quantiles of the productivity distribution by using conditional quantile regression. Overall, while there is some heterogeneity in results across sectors and quantiles, our findings clearly suggest that the efficiency gap matters for productivity spillover benefits. We find evidence for a u-shaped relationship between productivity growth and FDI interacted with the efficiency gap. We also analyse in some detail the impact of changes in relative efficiency on establishments' ability to benefit from spillovers.
dc.language eng
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject F21
dc.subject F23
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject Foreign direct investment
dc.subject Efficiency gap
dc.subject Productivity spillovers
dc.subject Quantile regressions
dc.subject Direktinvestition
dc.subject Spillover-Effekt
dc.subject Produktivität
dc.subject Elektronikindustrie
dc.subject Großbritannien
dc.title The role of the efficiency gap for spillovers from FDI : evidence from the UK electronics and engineering sectors
dc.type doc-type:article


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