technological externalities, or spillovers. In addition to reviewing the recent empirical research on technology spillovers, the … technology spillovers through international trade and the activity of multinational enterprises. The analysis also highlights …

We estimate international technology spillovers to U.S. manufacturing firms via imports and foreign direct investment … productivity gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is economically important, accounting for about 14% of … productivity growth in U.S. firms between 1987 and 1996. In addition, there is some evidence for imports-related spillovers, but it …

entrepreneurs at firms upstream from and in the same industry as the joint venture (backward and horizontal spillovers, respectively … of the WTO, there have been two opposing effects. While joint venture spillovers have increased, the shift towards wholly … foreign-owned FDI has reduced spillovers because we find larger industry spillovers from international joint ventures than …

-owned firms may promote technological catch-up of local firms. Such channel of spillovers is defined as "Veblen …

otherwise, but may also lead to knowledge spillovers. We show that despite the benefits from such inbound investments for U … of knowledge spillovers to foreign investors …

Are there productivity spillovers from FDI to domestic firms, and, if so, how much should host countries be willing to …'s TFP and the foreign-affiliate share of activity in that plant's industry. This is consistent with positive FDI spillovers … these spillovers. These calculated values appear to be less than per-job incentives governments have granted in recent high …