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Foreign direct investments and productivity spillovers in the Swedish manufacturing industry

Simionca, Codruta LU (2013) NEKN01 20131
Department of Economics
Abstract
Foreign direct investments (FDI) have considerably increased during the last twenty years throughout the world. Theory suggests that FDI affects host economies in a positive way through the advanced technologies they bring with them and which could spill over the domestic companies. Therefore, more and more research aims to assess the impact of foreign direct investments on the host economies. This paper focuses on analyzing the productivity spillover effect of FDI in the Swedish manufacturing industry over 1995-2007. Ordinary least squares (OLS), random effects (RE) and fixed effects (FE) estimation methods have been used along with different specifications of the model. As previously shown in the literature, the results show no... (More)
Foreign direct investments (FDI) have considerably increased during the last twenty years throughout the world. Theory suggests that FDI affects host economies in a positive way through the advanced technologies they bring with them and which could spill over the domestic companies. Therefore, more and more research aims to assess the impact of foreign direct investments on the host economies. This paper focuses on analyzing the productivity spillover effect of FDI in the Swedish manufacturing industry over 1995-2007. Ordinary least squares (OLS), random effects (RE) and fixed effects (FE) estimation methods have been used along with different specifications of the model. As previously shown in the literature, the results show no productivity spillovers of FDI in the Swedish manufacturing industry in the period being analyzed. (Less)
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author
Simionca, Codruta LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKN01 20131
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
FDI, productivity, spillovers, Swedish manufacturing industry
language
English
id
4023247
date added to LUP
2013-09-17 16:27:15
date last changed
2013-09-17 16:27:15
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  abstract     = {{Foreign direct investments (FDI) have considerably increased during the last twenty years throughout the world. Theory suggests that FDI affects host economies in a positive way through the advanced technologies they bring with them and which could spill over the domestic companies. Therefore, more and more research aims to assess the impact of foreign direct investments on the host economies. This paper focuses on analyzing the productivity spillover effect of FDI in the Swedish manufacturing industry over 1995-2007. Ordinary least squares (OLS), random effects (RE) and fixed effects (FE) estimation methods have been used along with different specifications of the model. As previously shown in the literature, the results show no productivity spillovers of FDI in the Swedish manufacturing industry in the period being analyzed.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Foreign direct investments and productivity spillovers in the Swedish manufacturing industry}},
  year         = {{2013}},
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