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Inward Investment and Technical Progress in the UK Manufacturing Sector

Title: Inward Investment and Technical Progress in the UK Manufacturing Sector [electronic resource] / Florence Hubert and Nigel Pain
Author: Hubert, Florence.
Publication: Paris : OECD Publishing, 2000.

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Pain, Nigel.

Description

21 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.

Summary

This paper investigates the impact of direct investment by foreign-owned companies on technical progress and hence labour productivity in the UK manufacturing sector. Using an industry-level panel data set we find that foreign-owned firms have a significant positive effect on the level of technical efficiency in domestic firms. There is evidence of significant intra-industry and inter-industry spillovers from inward investment. These findings remain robust even when other factors such as imports and domestic R&D expenditures are allowed for. Inward investment appears to be a much more important source of technical progress than foreign trade ...

Series Statement

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.268

Uniform Title

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.268.

Subject

LCCN

10.1787/171541878788

OCLC

oecd-lib-001258

Author

Hubert, Florence.

Title

Inward Investment and Technical Progress in the UK Manufacturing Sector [electronic resource] / Florence Hubert and Nigel Pain

Imprint

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2000.

Series

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.268

OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.268.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/171541878788

Indexed Term

Economics

United Kingdom

Added Author

Pain, Nigel.

Other Standard Identifier

10.1787/171541878788 doi

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