Estimation of Foreign MNEs spillovers in Spain

Andrés Barge-Gil, Alberto López and Ramón Núñez-Sánchez

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Abstract: Using Spanish firrm-level data, we estimate productivity effects of spillovers from foreign multinationals to domestic firms in both manufacturing and service sectors. We find evidence of a positive productivity effect from multinationals on domestic firms operating in the same industry. Analyzing inter-industry linkages, we find evidence consistent with positive productivity spillovers from forward linkages (i.e., from suppliers to buyers) and negative productivity spillovers from backward linkages (i.e., from buyers to suppliers). Our main results hold when analyzing differences between multinational and domestic firms, and for periods of economic growth and recession, although some differences arise. Interestingly, we find evidence supporting a positive role of spillovers during the last recession period.

Keywords: Multinational firms; FDI; spillovers; economic recession. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 L53 O31 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eff, nep-eur, nep-int, nep-sbm and nep-tid
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