Welfare gains from Foreign Direct Investment through technology transfer to local suppliers

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 402-421

  Blalock, Garrick ^a   Gertler, Paul J ^b,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign Direct Investment; Productivity; Supply chain; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; MANUFACTURING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; PANEL DATA; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 39849105060     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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