Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/17804 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1249
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
We estimate international technology spillovers to U.S. manufacturing firms via imports and foreign direct investment (FDI) between the years of 1987 and 1996. In contrast to earlier work, our results suggest that FDI leads to substantial productivity gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is economically important, accounting for about 11% of productivity growth in U.S. firms between 1987 and 1996. In addition, there is some evidence for imports-related spillovers, but it is weaker than for FDI. The paper also gives a detailed account of why our study leads to results different from those found in previous work. This analysis indicates that our results are likely to generalize to other countries and periods.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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