Foreign technology transfer and productivity: Evidence from a matched sample

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-112

  Yasar, Mahmut ^a   Morrison Paul, Catherine J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Exports; Foreign direct investment; Imports; Plant performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349052894     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/073500107000000197     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Abadie, A., Drukker, D., Herr, J. L., and Imbens, G. (2001), "Implementing Matching Estimators for Average Treatment Effects in Stata," Stata Journal, 1, 1-18.
2. Aitken, B., and Harrison, A. (1999), "Do Domestic Firms Benefit From Foreign Direct Investment? Evidence From Venezuela," American Economic Review, 89, 605-618.
3. Angrist, J. (2003), "Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in Theory and Practice," Discussion Paper 851, IZA (Institute for the Future of Labor), Bonn, Germany.
4. Aw, B., Chung, S., and Roberts, M. (2000), "Productivity and Turnover in the Export Market: Micro Evidence From Taiwan and South Korea," World Bank Economic Review, 14, 65-90
5. Becker, S. O., and Ichino, A. (2002), "Estimation of Average Treatment Effects Based on Propensity Scores," Stata Journal, 2, 358-377.
6. Bernard, A., and Jensen, J. B. (1999), "Exceptional Exporters Performance: Cause, Effect or Both?" Journal of International Economics, 47, 1-25.
7. Bigsten, A., Collier, P., Dercon, S., Fafchamps, M., Gauthier, B., Gunning, J. W., Habarurema, J., Oduro, A., Oostendorp, R., Pattillo, C., Soderbom, M., Teal, F., and Zeufack, A. (2002), "Do African Manufacturing Firms Learn From Exporting?" Journal of Development Studies, 40, 115-141.
8. Blalock, G., and Veloso, F. (2004), "Trade, Technology Transfer and Productivity Growth: The Neglected Role of Imports," unpublished manuscript, Cornell University.
9. Blomström, M. (1986), "Foreign Investment and Productive Efficiency: The Case of Mexico," Journal of Industrial Economics, 15, 97-110.
10. Blomström, M., and Wolff, E. N. (1989), "Multinational Corporations and Productivity Convergence in Mexico," working paper, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA.
11. Blundell, R., and Costa Dias, M. (2000), "Evaluation Methods for Non-Experimental Data," Fiscal Studies, 21, 427-468.
12. Blundell, R., Dearden, L., and Sianesi, B. (2005), "Evaluating the Effect of Education on Earnings: Models, Methods and Results From the National Child Development Survey," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Ser. A, 168, 473-512.
13. Castellani, D. (2001), "Export Behavior and Productivity Growth: Evidence From Italian Manufacturing Firms," mimeo, ISE-Università di Urbino.
14. Caves, R. E. (1974), "Multinational Firms. Competition and Productivity in Host Country Markets," Economica, 41, 176-193.
15. Clerides, S., Lach, S., and Tybout, J. (1998), "Is Learning by Exporting Important? Microdynamic Evidence From Columbia, Mexico and Morocco," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 113, 903-948.
16. Coe, D. T., and Helpman, E. (1995), "International R&D Spillovers," European Economic Review, 39, 859-887.
17. De Loecker, J. (2004), "Do Exports Generate Higher Productivity? Evidence From Slovenia," LICOS Discussion Paper 15104, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
18. Dehejia, R. H., and Wahba, S. (2002). "Propensity Score Matching Methods for Non-Experimental Causal Studies," Review of Economics and Statistics, 84, 151-161.
19. Delgado, M., Fariñas, J., and Ruano, S. (2002), "Firm Productivity and Export Markets: A Non-Parametric Approach," Journal of International Economics, 57, 397-422.
20. Doms, M., and Jensen, J. B. (1998), "Comparing Wages, Skills, and Productivity Between Domestically and Foreign-Owned Manufacturing Establishments in the United States," in Geography and Ownership as Bases for Economic Accounting, eds. R. Baldwin, R. Lipsey, and D. Richardson, Chicago: Chicago University Press, pp. 235-258.
21. Eaton, J., and Kortum, S. (1996), "Trade in Ideas: Patenting and Productivity in the OECD," Journal of International Economics, 40, 251-278.
22. Girma, S., Greenaway, D., and Kneller, R. (2003), "Export Market Exit and Performance Dynamics: A Causality Analysis of Matched Firms," Economics Letters, 80, 181-187.
23. Globerman, S. (1979), "Foreign Direct Investment and Spillover Efficiency Benefits in Canadian Manufacturing Industries," Canadian Journal of Economics, 12, 42-56.
24. Good, D., Nadiri, I., and Sickles, R. (1996), "Index Number and Factor Demand Approaches to the Estimation of Productivity," Working Paper 5790, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA.
25. Haddad, M., and Harrison, A. (1993), "Are There Positive Spillovers From Direct Foreign Investment? Evidence From Panel Data for Morocco," Journal of Development Economics, 42, 51-74.
26. Heckman, J. J. (1997), "Instrumental Variables: A Study of Implicit Behavioral Assumptions Used in Making Program Evaluations," Journal of Human Resources, 32, 441-462.
27. Heckman, J. J., Ichimura, H., and Todd, P. (1997), "Matching as an Econometric Evaluation Estimator: Evidence From Evaluating a Job Training Programme," Review of Economic Studies, 64, 605-654.
28. Heckman, J. J., Ichimura, H., Smith, J., and Todd, P. (1998), "Characterizing Selection Bias Using Experimental Data," Econometrica, 66, 1017-1098.
29. Heckman, J. J., Lalonde, R. J., and Smith, J. A. (2000), "The Economics and Econometrics of Active Labor Market Programs," in Handbook of Labor Economics, Vol. III, eds. O. Ashenfelter and D. Card, Amsterdam: North Holland, pp. 1865-2097.
30. Helpman, E., Melitz, M. J., and Yeaple, S. R. (2004), "Export versus FDI With Heterogeneous Firms," American Economic Review, 94, 300-316.
31. Holland, P. (1986), "Statistics and Causal Reasoning," Journal of the American Statistical Association, 81, 945-960.
32. Keller, W. (2002a), "Geographic Localization of International Technology Diffusion," American Economic Review, 92, 120-142.
33. _ (2002b), "Knowledge Spillovers at the World's Technology Frontier," working paper, University of Texas, Austin, Dept. of Economics.
34. Keller, W., and Yeaple, S. R. (2003), "Multinational Enterprises, International Trade, and Productivity Growth: A Firm Level Evidence From the United States," working paper, University of Texas, Austin, Dept. of Economics.
35. Kraay, A. (1999), "Exports and Economic Performance: Evidence From a Panel of Chinese Enterprises," Revue d'Economie du Developpement, 183-207.
36. Kraay, A., Soloaga, I., and Tybout, J. (2001), "Product Quality; Productive Efficiency and International Technology Diffusion: Evidence From Plant-Level Panel Data," Policy Research Working Papers 2759, World Bank.
37. Lalonde, R. (1986), "Evaluating the Econometric Evaluations of Training Programs," American Economic Review, 76, 604-620.
38. Leuven, E., and Sianesi, B. (2003), "PSMATCH2: STATA Module to Perform Full Mahalanobis and Propensity Score Matching, Common Support Graphing, and Covariate Imbalance Testing," available at http://ideas.repec.org/ c/boc/bocode/s432001.html. Version 1.2.3.
39. Meyer, B. D. (1995), "Natural and Quasi-Experiments in Economics," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 13, 151-162.
40. Olley, S., and Pakes, A. (1996), "The Dynamics of Productivity in the Telecommunications Equipment Industry," Econometrica, 64, 1263-1298.
41. Rodrigue, J., and Kasahara, H. (2004), "Does the Use of Imported Intermediates Increase Productivity? Plant-Level Evidence," presented at the Econometric Society North American Summer Meetings.
42. Rosenbaum, P. (1984), "From Association to Causation in Observational Studies: The Role of Tests of Strongly Ignorable Treatment Assignment," Journal of the American Statistical Association, 79, 41-48.
43. Rosenbaum, P., and Rubin, D. B. (1983), "The Central Role of the Propensity Score in Observational Studies for Causal Effects," Biometrika, 70, 41-55.
44. Sianesi, B. (2001), "Implementing Propensity Score Matching Estimators With Stata" presented at the VII Meeting of UK Stata Users Group, London.
45. Smith, J. (2000), "A Critical Survey of Empirical Methods for Evaluating Active Labor Market Policies," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 136, 247-268.
46. Smith, J., and Todd, P. (2005), "Does Matching Address Lalonde's Critique of Nonexperimental Estimators," Journal of Econometrics, 125, 305-353.
47. Van Biesebroeck, J. (2005), "Exporting Raises Productivity in Sub-Saharan African Manufacturing Firms," Journal of International Economics, 67, 373-391.
48. Wagner, J. (2002), "The Causal Effects of Exports on Firm Size and Labor Productivity: First Evidence From a Matching Approach," Economics Letters, 77, 287-292.
49. Xu, B., and Wang, J. (1999), "Capital Goods Trade and R&D Spillovers in the OECD," Canadian Journal of Economics, 32, 1258-1274.
50. Yasar, M., and Morrison Paul, C. J. (2007), "International Linkages and Productivity at the Plant Level: Foreign Direct Investment, Exports, Imports, and Licensing," Journal of International Economics, 71, 373-388.