Multinational companies and productivity spillovers: is there a specification error?Castellani, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1823-242X and Zanfei, A. (2007) Multinational companies and productivity spillovers: is there a specification error? Applied Economics Letters, 14 (14). pp. 1047-1051. ISSN 1466-4291 Full text not archived in this repository. It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing. To link to this item DOI: 10.1080/13504850600706503 Abstract/SummaryRecent empirical works on the within-sector impact of inward investments on domestic firms’ productivity have found rather robust evidence of no (or even negative) effects. We suggest that, among other reasons, a specification error might explain some of these results. A more general specification, which includes the usual one as a special case, is proposed. Using data on Italian manufacturing firms in 1992–2000, we find positive externalities only once we allow for the more flexible specification.
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