Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/148964 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
KOF Working Papers No. 399
Publisher: 
ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zurich
Abstract: 
Using firm-level data for Jordan, we estimate the extent to which growth spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI) to local firms stem from persistent learning ex- ternalities (i.e., they endure even after foreign investment leaves as knowledge has been transferred to local firms) or from transitory effects (e.g., demand increases which evap- orate following disinvestment). We find that they have a significant transitory nature, with employment and capital growth declining when FDI falls, particularly in down- stream industries supplied by locals. This suggests that if FDI-attracting policies are intended to promote sustainable growth, it may be more effective to attract and retain FDI via long-term structural policies, for instance, through low corporate tax rates rather than temporary tax holidays or through policies that strengthen the domestic absorptive capacity and linkages between foreign and local firms. It also suggests that FDI-led growth can increase a country's vulnerability to adverse global shocks in that the productivity gains of domestic firms will be partly reversed with the disinvestment of multinational firms.
Subjects: 
FDI
Spillovers
JEL: 
F23
F16
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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