Foreign ownership and productivity: Is the direction of causality so obvious?

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 733-751

  Benfratello, Luigi ^a,b   Sembenelli, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Ceris CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foreign multinationals; Panel data; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

FOREIGN MULTINATIONALS; INTERNALIZATION THEORY; PANEL DATA; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

EID: 33744521521     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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