Much Ado About Nothing? Do Domestic Firms Really Benefit from Foreign Investment?

33 Pages Posted: 14 Sep 2002

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Holger Görg

University of Kiel; Kiel Institute for the World Economy

David Greenaway

University of Nottingham - School of Economics

Date Written: August 2002

Abstract

Many governments offer significant inducements to attract inward investment, motivated by the expectation of spillover benefits. This paper begins by reviewing possible sources of spillovers. It then provides a comprehensive evaluation of the empirical evidence on productivity, wages and exports spillovers in developing, developed and transitional economies. Although theory can identify a range of possible spillover channels, robust empirical support for positive spillovers is hard to find. The reasons for this are explored and the paper concludes with a review of policy aspects.

Keywords: Foreign direct investment, productivity spillovers, technology transfer

JEL Classification: F21, F23

Suggested Citation

Gorg, Holger and Greenaway, David, Much Ado About Nothing? Do Domestic Firms Really Benefit from Foreign Investment? (August 2002). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=330640

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