Title: Heterogeneous Impacts of FDI Spillovers on the Productivity of Chinese Private Firms:Evidence from Census Data
Abstract: Using firm-level data from the first national economic census,this paper explores the impacts of productivity heterogeneities on firms' absorption of FDI spillovers.We find that foreign presence in a firm has a positive effect on its productivity.A threshold effect of productivity is found for private firms to absorb horizontal and backward spillovers from FDI.Finally,spillovers from downstream foreign-owned firms increase most upstream private firms' productivity,while non-foreign-owned joint ventures in the downstream sectors has a negative impact on upstream firms with low productivity.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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