Can Survey Evidence Shed Light on Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment?

Although some economists remain skeptical of the existence of positive externalities associated with foreign direct investment (FDI), many countries spend large sums attracting foreign investors in the hope of benefiting from knowledge spillovers. Data collected through enterprise surveys conducted...

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Main Author:	Javorcik, Beata S.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	business environment company competitors employment expansion financial institutions firms foreign direct investment foreign markets leasing local entrepreneurs manufacturers multinational multinational companies multinationals parent company party supplier suppliers upstream producers
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4418

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spelling	okr-10986-44182021-04-23T14:02:17Z Can Survey Evidence Shed Light on Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment? Javorcik, Beata S. business environment company competitors employment expansion financial institutions firms foreign direct investment foreign markets leasing local entrepreneurs manufacturers multinational multinational companies multinationals parent company party supplier suppliers upstream producers Although some economists remain skeptical of the existence of positive externalities associated with foreign direct investment (FDI), many countries spend large sums attracting foreign investors in the hope of benefiting from knowledge spillovers. Data collected through enterprise surveys conducted in the Czech Republic and Latvia suggest that the entry of multinationals affects domestic enterprises in the same industry or in upstream or downstream sectors through multiple channels. Some of these channels represent true knowledge spillovers while others have positive or negative effects on domestic producers in other ways. The relative magnitudes of these channels depend on host country conditions and the type of FDI inflows, which explains the seemingly inconsistent findings of the literature. The focus of the debate should shift from attempting to generalize about whether or not FDI leads to productivity spillovers to determining under what conditions it can do so. 2012-03-30T07:12:34Z 2012-03-30T07:12:34Z 2008-09-01 Journal Article World Bank Research Observer 1564-6971 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4418 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank Journal Article Europe and Central Asia Czech Republic Latvia
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spellingShingle	business environment company competitors employment expansion financial institutions firms foreign direct investment foreign markets leasing local entrepreneurs manufacturers multinational multinational companies multinationals parent company party supplier suppliers upstream producers Javorcik, Beata S. Can Survey Evidence Shed Light on Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment?
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description	Although some economists remain skeptical of the existence of positive externalities associated with foreign direct investment (FDI), many countries spend large sums attracting foreign investors in the hope of benefiting from knowledge spillovers. Data collected through enterprise surveys conducted in the Czech Republic and Latvia suggest that the entry of multinationals affects domestic enterprises in the same industry or in upstream or downstream sectors through multiple channels. Some of these channels represent true knowledge spillovers while others have positive or negative effects on domestic producers in other ways. The relative magnitudes of these channels depend on host country conditions and the type of FDI inflows, which explains the seemingly inconsistent findings of the literature. The focus of the debate should shift from attempting to generalize about whether or not FDI leads to productivity spillovers to determining under what conditions it can do so.
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author	Javorcik, Beata S.
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author_sort	Javorcik, Beata S.
title	Can Survey Evidence Shed Light on Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment?
title_short	Can Survey Evidence Shed Light on Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment?
title_full	Can Survey Evidence Shed Light on Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment?
title_fullStr	Can Survey Evidence Shed Light on Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment?
title_full_unstemmed	Can Survey Evidence Shed Light on Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment?
title_sort	can survey evidence shed light on spillovers from foreign direct investment?
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Can Survey Evidence Shed Light on Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment?

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