Foreign direct investment, spillovers and absorptive capacity: evidence from quantile regressions
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- Sourafel Girma, & Holger Görg, 2003. "Foreign direct investmant, spillovers and absorptive capacity: Evidence from quantile regressions," The Institute for International Integration Studies Discussion Paper Series iiisdp01, IIIS.
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Keywords
foreign direct investment; absorptive capacity; productivity spillovers; quantile regressions;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
- F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EFF-2006-08-05 (Efficiency and Productivity)
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