Multinationals, Endogenous Growth and Technological Spillovers: Theory and Evidence

Richard Baldwin, Henrik Braconier and Rikard Forslid

No 2155, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: FDI has received surprisingly little attention in theoretical and empirical work on openness and growth. This paper presents a theoretical growth model where MNCs directly affect the endogenous growth rate via technological spillovers. This is novel since other endogenous growth models with MNCs, e.g. the Grossman-Helpman model, assume away the knowledge-spillovers aspect of FDI. We also present econometric evidence (using industry-level data from seven OECD nations) that broadly supports the model. Specifically, we find industry-level scale effects and international knowledge spillovers that are unrelated to FDI, but we also find that bilateral spillovers are boosted by bilateral FDI.

Keywords: Endogenous Growth; Multinationals; Spillovers; Technology Transfer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 F2 F23 F43 O4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-05
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