Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/75061 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
LICOS Discussion Paper No. 97
Publisher: 
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, LICOS Centre for Transition Economics, Leuven
Abstract: 
In a recent model Markusen and Venables (1999) describe the conditions under which foreign direct investments (FDI) can act as a catalyst for local industrial development. We apply this framework to the case of Poland, allowing for the entry of multinationals in both intfirmediates and consumption goods industry. We check these assumptions against empirical evidence, exploring agglomeration patterns of multinational and domestic firms at the regional level, and constructing an econometric model able to measure the interactions between the two classes of firms. We find evidence going in the direction of both direct spill-overs and backward and forward linkages between domestic and multinational firms.
Subjects: 
economic geography
FDI
transition economies
JEL: 
F12
F15
F21
P20
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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