Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/28381 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1554
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
We investigate whether government subsidies to local input manufacturers encourage procurement from foreign firms. We use a comprehensive panel data of Irish firms from 1983 until 2002. Our data shows a spontaneity about linkages and relative insensitivity to grant aid, although it may be the quality rather than quantity of linkages that matters. The longevity of a foreign firm's stay is one consistent driver of linkages where foreign firms need time to find out about local suppliers. Our results hold even when controlling for the possible joint determination of grants and linkages and the boundedness of the linkage variable.
Subjects: 
Multinational enterprises
backward linkages
subsidies
JEL: 
F23
O14
H25
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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