Does foreign direct investment lead to productivity spillovers? Firm level evidence from Indonesia

This paper examines whether spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI) make any contribution to productivity growth in the Indonesian chemical and pharmaceutical firms using plant-level panel data. The spillover effects from FDI are analyzed using a stochastic frontier approach and productivity...

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Main Authors: Suyanto, Suyanto, Salim, Ruhul, Bloch, Harry
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27723
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author Suyanto, Suyanto
Salim, Ruhul
Bloch, Harry
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Salim, Ruhul
Bloch, Harry
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description This paper examines whether spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI) make any contribution to productivity growth in the Indonesian chemical and pharmaceutical firms using plant-level panel data. The spillover effects from FDI are analyzed using a stochastic frontier approach and productivity growth is decomposed using a generalized Malmquist output-oriented index. The results show positive productivity spillovers from FDI; higher competition is associated with larger spillovers; and domestic firms with R&D gain more spillover benefits compared to those without R&D. FDI spillovers are found to be positive and significant for technological progress and positive, but not significant, for technical and scale efficiency change.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-277232018-03-29T09:08:01Z Does foreign direct investment lead to productivity spillovers? Firm level evidence from Indonesia Suyanto, Suyanto Salim, Ruhul Bloch, Harry total factor productivity growth frontier production function Malmquist index FDI spillovers This paper examines whether spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI) make any contribution to productivity growth in the Indonesian chemical and pharmaceutical firms using plant-level panel data. The spillover effects from FDI are analyzed using a stochastic frontier approach and productivity growth is decomposed using a generalized Malmquist output-oriented index. The results show positive productivity spillovers from FDI; higher competition is associated with larger spillovers; and domestic firms with R&D gain more spillover benefits compared to those without R&D. FDI spillovers are found to be positive and significant for technological progress and positive, but not significant, for technical and scale efficiency change. 2009 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27723 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.05.009 Pergamon restricted
spellingShingle total factor productivity growth
frontier production function
Malmquist index
FDI spillovers
Suyanto, Suyanto
Salim, Ruhul
Bloch, Harry
Does foreign direct investment lead to productivity spillovers? Firm level evidence from Indonesia
title Does foreign direct investment lead to productivity spillovers? Firm level evidence from Indonesia
title_full Does foreign direct investment lead to productivity spillovers? Firm level evidence from Indonesia
title_fullStr Does foreign direct investment lead to productivity spillovers? Firm level evidence from Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Does foreign direct investment lead to productivity spillovers? Firm level evidence from Indonesia
title_short Does foreign direct investment lead to productivity spillovers? Firm level evidence from Indonesia
title_sort does foreign direct investment lead to productivity spillovers? firm level evidence from indonesia
topic total factor productivity growth
frontier production function
Malmquist index
FDI spillovers
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27723