Does foreign direct investment transfer technology across borders? New evidence

被引：286

作者：

Bitzer, Juergen ^{[1
]}

Kerekes, Monika ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Appl Sci OOW, Emden, Germany

[2] Free Univ Berlin, D-1000 Berlin, Germany

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2008年 / 100卷 / 03期

关键词：

foreign direct investment; international knowledge spillovers;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2008.02.029

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Based on industry-level data of seventeen OECD countries we examine FDI as a potential channel for knowledge diffusion. We find that FDI-receiving countries benefit strongly from FDI-related knowledge spillovers. We do not find evidence for positive outward-FDI-related technology sourcing effects. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：355 / 358

页数：4

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