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Foreign direct investment and spillovers: gradualism may be better

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  • Klaus Desmet
  • Felipe Meza
  • Juan A. Rojas

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The standard argument says that in the presence of positive spillovers foreign direct investment should be promoted and subsidized. In contrast, this paper claims that the very existence of spillovers may require temporarily restricting FDI. Our argument is based on two features of spillovers: they are limited by the economy's absorptive capacity and they take time to materialize. By letting in capital more gradually, initial investment has the time to create spillovers - and upgrade the economy's absorptive capacity - before further investment occurs. The economy converges to a steady state with a superior technology and a greater capital stock.

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  • Klaus Desmet & Felipe Meza & Juan A. Rojas, 2008. "Foreign direct investment and spillovers: gradualism may be better," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 41(3), pages 926-953, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:cje:issued:v:41:y:2008:i:3:p:926-953
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2008.00491.x
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    1. Gamal Atallah, 2009. "A Three-Period Analysis of R&D Spillovers in the Presence of an Industry Life Cycle Pattern," International Journal of Business and Economics, School of Management Development, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan, vol. 8(1), pages 21-35, April.
    2. Rodrigo Belo & Pedro Ferreira & Rahul Telang, 2016. "Spillovers from Wiring Schools with Broadband: The Critical Role of Children," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 62(12), pages 3450-3471, December.
    3. Camilla Jensen, 2006. "Foreign Direct Investment and economic transition: Panacea or pain killer?," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(6), pages 881-902.
    4. Wang, Chengqi & Deng, Ziliang & Kafouros, Mario I. & Chen, Yan, 2012. "Reconceptualizing the spillover effects of foreign direct investment: A process-dependent approach," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 21(3), pages 452-464.
    5. Herbert Dawid & Benteng Zou, 2017. "Foreign Direct Investment with Endogenous Technology Choice," Pacific Economic Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 22(1), pages 3-22, February.
    6. Muhammad Ateeq ur REHMAN & Furman ALI & Shang XIE, 2022. "Impact of Foreign Investment News on the Return, Cost of Equity and Cash Flow Activities," Journal for Economic Forecasting, Institute for Economic Forecasting, vol. 0(4), pages 112-127, December.
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    8. Muhammad Ateeq ur REHMAN & Masood AHMAD & Furman ALI & Habib AHMAD, 2024. "Expose the Hidden : Investor Sentiment and Anomaly Strategies in Emerging Market," Journal for Economic Forecasting, Institute for Economic Forecasting, vol. 0(4), pages 63-81, December.

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    • F2 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business
    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights

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