Technological Spillovers From FDI : Evidence from Tunisian Manufacturing Firms
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in developing countries is expected to foster technology transfer from foreign-owned to local firms. Using detailed panel data from Tunisian manufacturing firms, we show that technological spillovers generated by FDI, as a form of technology transfer, help firms move near the best practice frontier (production frontier) measured by the Schmidt and Sickles method. The positive impact on efficiency is confirmed, especially for small and medium size firms (with less than one hundred employees). However, technological spillovers seem to have a greater impact on firms’ efficiency when industry concentration level is higher.
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