Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/83451
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IES Working Paper No. 16/2010
Publisher: 
Charles University in Prague, Institute of Economic Studies (IES), Prague
Abstract: 
The principal argument for subsidizing foreign investment is the assumed spillover of technology to local firms. Yet researchers report mixed results on spillovers. To examine the phenomenon in a systematic way, we collected 3,626 estimates from 57 empirical studies on between-sector spillovers and reviewed the literature quantitatively. Our results indicate that model misspecifications reduce the reported estimates, but that journals select relatively large estimates for publication. The underlying spillover to suppliers is positive and economically significant, whereas the spillover to buyers is insignificant. Greater spillovers are generated by investors that come from distant countries and that have only slight technological advantages over local firms. In addition, greater spillovers are received by countries that have underdeveloped financial systems and that are open to international trade.
Subjects: 
foreign direct investment
productivity
spillovers
meta-analysis
publication selection bias
JEL: 
C83
F23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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