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Foreign Direct Investment and the Survival of Domestic Private Firms in Viet Nam
Kokko, Ari; Thang, Tran Toan - In: Asian Development Review 31 (2014) 1, pp. 53-91
Foreign direct investment (FDI) may benefit local firms in the host country through various kinds of spillovers, but it … 2001–2008, this paper examines the aggregate effect of FDI on the survival of domestic private firms in Viet Nam. We … estimate the impact of both horizontal and vertical FDI and explore how the presence of state-owned enterprises (SOEs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011009745
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FDI AND SPILLOVERS IN CHINA: NON-LINEARITY AND ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY
Chen, Taotao; Kokko, Ari; Gustavsson Tingvall, Patrik - Stockholm China Economic Research Institute, … - 2010
Using a fixed effect variance decomposition model, we estimate SUR models to analyze FDI spillovers from contagion and … FDI has been beneficial for the Chinese economy, but that spillovers are not evenly distributed across firms and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008496951
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Foreign Direct Investment and Politics: The Swedish Model
Blomström, Magnus; Kokko, Ari - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
Sweden is home to a remarkably large number of prosperous multinationals. We argue that this is partly the result of industrial policies that have been biased in favour of large firms, and partly the result of an institutional setting where regulations and controls have facilitated investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123621
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Foreign Direct Investment and Politics: The Swedish Model
Blomström, Magnus; Kokko, Ari - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1995
Sweden is home to remarkably many large, prosperous multinationals. We argue that this is partly the result of industrial policies that have been biased in favor of large firms, and an institutional setting where regulations and controls have facilitated investment abroad by Swedish firms, while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649315
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Foreign Direct Investment and the Survival of Domestic Private Firms in Viet Nam
Kokko, Ari - 2016
Foreign direct investment (FDI) may benefit local firms in the host country through various kinds of spillovers, but it … 2001–2008, this paper examines the aggregate effect of FDI on the survival of domestic private firms in Viet Nam. We … estimate the impact of both horizontal and vertical FDI and explore how the presence of state-owned enterprises (SOEs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012995415
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Foreign Direct Investment and Politics : The Swedish Model
Blomstrom, Magnus; Kokko, Ari - 1998
Sweden is home to remarkably many large, prosperous multinationals. We argue that this is partly the result of industrial policies that have been biased in favor of large firms, and an institutional setting where regulations and controls have facilitated investment abroad by Swedish firms, while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014082495
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Multinational Corporations and Spillovers
Blomström, Magnus; Kokko, Ari - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
This paper examines spillover effects of the activities of multinational firms (MNCs). Such effects are most likely to be found in host countries, where the operations of foreign multinationals may influence local firms in the MNC’s own industry as well as firms in other industries. There is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497921
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FDI in the Restructuring of the Japanese Economy
Blomström, Magnus; Konan, Denise; Lipsey, Robert E. - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2000
This paper examines how inward and outward foreign direct investment (FDI) have influenced the restructuring of the … Japanese firms, particularly those of multinational manufacturing firms. However, Japanese outward FDI is still not very large … increase when compared with the levels of most other OECD countries. Inward FDI will presumably have an even stronger impact on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423840
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The determinants of host country spillovers from foreign direct investment: review and synthesis of the literature
Blomstrom, Magnus; Globerman, Steven; Kokko, Ari - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1999
The existence of spillover efficiency benefits to host country economies from inward foreign direct investment(FDI) are … exixtence of the relevant externalities. Yet, a good understanding of the determinants of the nature and magnitude of of FDI … available literature foucusing on the determinants of efficiency spillovers from inward FDI. In order to do so, we also outline …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190890
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The Determinants of Host Country Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment: Review and Synthesis of the Literature
Blomström, Magnus; Globerman, Steven; Kokko, Ari - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1999
The existence of spillover efficiency benefits to host country economies from inward foreign direct investment (FDI … magnitude of FDI efficiency spillovers is of crucial importance to policymakers. The primary purpose of this paper is to review … and synthesize the available literature focusing on the determinants of efficiency spillovers from inward FDI. In order to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649325