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Productivity Spillovers from FDI in the Uruguayan Manufacturing Sector

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  • Kokko, Ari

    (Dept. of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics)

  • Tansini, Ruben
  • Zejan, Mario

    (Dept. of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics)

Abstract

This paper examines intra-industry spillovers from FDI in Uruguayan manufacturing plants in 1988, to determine whether differences in the technology gap between locally- owned plants and foreign affiliates have any impact on the relation between local productivity and foreign presence. We find a positive and statistically significant spillover effect only in a sub-sample of locally-owned plants with moderate technology gaps vis-a-vis foreign firms. Our interpretation is that there are firm-specific differences in the ability to absorb spillovers, and that these may explain some of the contradictory findings of earlier spillover studies.

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  • Kokko, Ari & Tansini, Ruben & Zejan, Mario, 1994. "Productivity Spillovers from FDI in the Uruguayan Manufacturing Sector," SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance 2, Stockholm School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:hastef:0002
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    Keywords

    Foreign direct investment; multinational corporations; productivity; spillovers;
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    JEL classification:

    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • O49 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Other

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