New and Improved: Does FDI Boost Production Complexity in Host Countries?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Javorcik, Beata S.; Lo Turco, Alessia; Maggioni, Daniela
• 署名单位: University of Oxford; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; University of Oxford; Marche Polytechnic University; Universita Ca Foscari Venezia
• 刊物名称: ECONOMIC JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0013-0133
• DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12530
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 2507-2537
• 关键词: FOREIGN DIRECT-INVESTMENT; domestic firms; trade liberalization; economic-development; Chinese exporters; Backward linkages; spillovers; QUALITY; INNOVATION; BENEFIT

摘要

This article examines the relationship between the presence of foreign affiliates and product upgrading by Turkish manufacturing firms. The analysis suggests that Turkish firms in sectors and regions more likely to supply foreign affiliates tend to introduce more complex products, where complexity is captured using a measure developed by Hidalgo and Hausmann (). This finding is robust to controlling for omitted variables, sample selection and potential simultaneity bias. It is also in line with the view that inflows of foreign direct investment stimulate upgrading of indigenous production capabilities in host countries.