Innovative and Absorptive Capacity of International Knowledge : An Empirical Analysis of Productivity Sources in Latin American Countries

This article examines two sources of global knowledge spillovers: foreign direct investments (FDI) and trade. Empirical evidence demonstrates that FDI and trade can contribute to overall domestic productivity growth only when the technology gap between domestic and foreign firms is not too large and...

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Main Authors: Laborda Castillo, Leopoldo, Sotelsek Salem, Daniel, Guasch, Jose Luis
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2013
Subjects:
SFA
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13338