International linkages and productivity at the plant level: Foreign direct investment, exports, imports and licensing

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Yasar, Mahmut; Paul, Catherine J. Morrison
• 署名单位: Emory University; University of California System; University of California Davis; University of California System; University of California Davis
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2006.03.004
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 373-388
• 关键词: importing; Foreign direct investment; Exporting; firm performance; Technology transfer

摘要

Productivity growth may be affected particularly for developing countries by international linkages or technology transfer. We evaluate relationships between productivity and FDI, exports, imports and licensing for Turkish manufacturing plants in the apparel, textiles, and motor vehicles industries. We assess performance premia associated with these international technology transfer channels that control for plant size and location. We then use a structural model to allow for plant-specific input composition and interactions, estimated alternatively by quantile regression and semi-parametric techniques to recognize plant heterogeneity and to accommodate simultaneity and selection issues. Overall, we find that productivity is most closely related to foreign ownership, especially for larger plants and in combination with other forms of technology transfer, followed by exporting and then licensing. (C) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.