Measuring the Determinants of Backward Linkages from FDI in Developing Economies : Is it a Matter of Size?

The main focus of the paper is the measurement of the potential for externalities related to foreign direct investment. A series of novel proxies are drawn from the Enterprise Survey database of the World Bank-IFC and tested against hypotheses cons...

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Main Authors:	Sanchez-Martin, Miguel Eduardo, De Pinies, Jaime, Antoine, Kassia
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	AUTOMOBILE AVAILABILITY OF DATA BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BRANCH BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL FORMATION CAPITAL INFLOWS CAPITAL MOVEMENTS CENTRAL BANK CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATES COMMERCIAL BANK COMMERCIAL BANK LOANS COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMPANY COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITORS CONNECTIVITY CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS CORRELATION MATRIX CUSTOM CUSTOMS DATA LIMITATIONS DEBT DEFICITS DEMONSTRATION EFFECTS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC FIRMS DOMESTIC SUPPLIERS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC SIZE ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES ENTERPRISE SURVEY ENTERPRISE SURVEYS ENTREPRENEURS EQUIPMENT EQUITY FLOWS EQUITY INVESTMENTS EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FDI FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL MARKETS FOREIGN ACQUISITION FOREIGN AFFILIATE FOREIGN AFFILIATES FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN CAPITAL PARTICIPATION FOREIGN COMPANIES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRM FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT POLICY FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN MARKET FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN PARTICIPATION FOREIGN TECHNOLOGIES FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY FOREIGN TRADE FREE TRADE FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBALISATION GLOBALIZATION GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATE HOST COUNTRIES HOST COUNTRY HOST ECONOMIES HOST ECONOMY HUMAN CAPITAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INFLATION INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT INTERNATIONAL TRADE JOINT VENTURE JOINT VENTURES KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION LICENSES LIQUIDITY LOCAL INDUSTRIES LOCAL INDUSTRY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MANUFACTURERS MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING SECTORS MARKET ENTRY MARKET INFORMATION MARKET SHARE MERGERS MICROECONOMIC ANALYSES MIGRATION MNC MULTINATIONAL MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS MULTINATIONALS NATURAL RESOURCES NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY OPEN ACCESS PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT PATENTS POLITICAL ECONOMY PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PROCUREMENT PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROPERTY RIGHTS R&AMP;D REAL GDP RELIABILITY RESULT RESULTS SAVINGS SHAREHOLDERS SUBSIDIARIES SUBSIDIARY SUPPLIER SUPPLY CHAIN TAXONOMY TECHNOLOGY INTENSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS TIME PERIOD TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE FLOWS TRANSACTION TRANSPORT VALUE ADDED VALUE CHAIN VALUE CHAINS WAGES WEB
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23951584/measuring-determinants-backward-linkages-fdi-developing-economies-matter-size http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21440