How do South-South and North-South FDI affect total factor productivity growth in developing countries?

Peter Kannen (peter.kannen@hsu-hh.de), Julian Donaubauer and Dierk Herzer
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Peter Kannen: Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg

Economics Bulletin, 2017, vol. 37, issue 1, 429-439

Abstract: This study uses a unique dataset to examine not only the effect of total FDI on TFP growth in a large sample of developing countries but also, and especially, the productivity growth effects of South-South versus North-South FDI. It is found that total FDI has a significant positive effect on TFP growth in developing countries. However, this effect is driven by North-South FDI; while South-South FDI is insignificant and sometimes negative, North-South FDI exerts a statistically significant positive effect on TFP growth in developing countries.

Keywords: FDI; TFP; Developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F2 O4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-03-05
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