FDI Spillovers: Evidence from the British Retail Sector

Dolores Anon Higon and Nicholas Vasilakos ()

Discussion Papers from Department of Economics, University of Birmingham

Abstract: This paper discusses the impact of foreign-ownership presence on the productivity performance of British-owned domestic retailers. In particular, we analyse the existence of productivity spillovers, in the form of knowledge transfer, by using establishment-level data from the Annual Respondents Dataset over the period 1997-2003. The results confirm the presence of such spillovers and highlight their positive and significant impact on the productivity of domestic firms, though these spillovers are mostly confined to the region in which foreign subsidiaries locate. There is also evidence that the productivity benefit from regional FDI spillovers increases with the absorptive capacity of domestic retailers.

Keywords: FDI; Multinationals; Productivity; Retailing; Spillovers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 F23 L25 L81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2010-07
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