Productivity spillovers through vertical linkages:: Evidence from 17 OECD countries

被引:23
作者
Bitzer, Juergen [2 ]
Geishecker, Ingo [3 ]
Gorg, Holger [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Nottingham, Sch Econ, GEP, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England
[2] Univ Appl Sci OOW, Emden, Germany
[3] Univ Gottingen, D-3400 Gottingen, Germany
关键词
foreign direct investment; productivity; vertical linkages; spillovers;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2007.07.015
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We use industry-level data for OECD countries and investigate the importance of horizontal and vertical spillovers from multinationals. There is evidence for spillovers through backward linkages for all countries. This effect is much higher for CEEC than other OECD countries. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:328 / 331
页数:4
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