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N° 2009-31 |
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| December 2009 |
Spillovers from Multinationals to Heterogeneous Domestic Firms:
Evidence from Hungary |
Gábor Békés
Jörn Kleinert
Farid Toubal |
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| Technological and informational spillovers from multinational firms can be particularly beneficial to
domestic firms especially in less developed economies. The technological superiority and management
experience of foreign multinational firms yield various opportunities for learning. Yet, the importance
of foreign firm’s spillovers might vary with respect to the different intensities of the linkage between
the multinational and the domestic firm, the differences in firms’ absorptive capacity and their ability to
face competition. We show using firm-level Hungarian data that positive spillovers from multinationals
depend on the level of productivity and the exporting status of the domestic firm. Larger and more
productive firms are more able to reap spillovers from multinationals than smaller and less productive
firms. The export status, in contrast, is of minor importance. |
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| FDI; multinationals; productivity; spillover; quantile regression |
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| F23; D21; D24; R12; R30 |
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