The Role of Exporting and Linkages for Productivity Spillovers from FDI

Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Pisu, Mauro

doi:10.2139/ssrn.764208

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The Role of Exporting and Linkages for Productivity Spillovers from FDI

University of Nottingham Research Paper No. 2004/30

32 Pages Posted: 2 Aug 2005

See all articles by Sourafel Girma

Holger Görg

University of Kiel; Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Mauro Pisu

Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy; National Bank of Belgium; OECD

Date Written: July 2005

Abstract

In this paper we analyse productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment using firm level panel data UK manufacturing industries from 1992 to 1999. We investigate spillovers through horizontal, backward and forward linkages, distinguish spillovers from export oriented vs domestic market oriented FDI, and allow for differing effects depending on domestic firms' export activities. The results suggest that the mechanisms through which spillovers affect domestic firms are very complex and that there are substantial differences in spillover benefits for domestic exporters and non-exporters.

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment, productivity spillovers, exporting, absorptive capacity, competition

JEL Classification: F23

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Girma, Sourafel and Gorg, Holger and Pisu, Mauro, The Role of Exporting and Linkages for Productivity Spillovers from FDI (July 2005). University of Nottingham Research Paper No. 2004/30, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=764208 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.764208