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Do FDI in Business Services Affect Firms’ TFP? Evidence from Italian Provinces

In: Geographical Labor Market Imbalances. Recent Explanations and Cures

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  • Massimo Armenise

    (ISTAT)

  • Giorgia Giovannetti

    (Università di Firenze)

  • Gianluca Santoni

    (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna)

Abstract

This chapter studies the effect of FDI in business services on total factor productivity (TFP) of Italian manufacturing firms, over the period 2003–2008. More precisely, the chapter tests the presence of vertical linkages between foreign business professionals and domestic manufacturing firms. Our results, robust to different specifications, show that foreign capital inflows in business services improve the performance of domestic manufacturing firms. This relationship is particularly strong in the case of high-tech sectors, such as mechanics andmachinery. Traditional sectors, on the other hand, seem to be less sensitive to the availability of foreign business services in the same location.

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  • Massimo Armenise & Giorgia Giovannetti & Gianluca Santoni, 2015. "Do FDI in Business Services Affect Firms’ TFP? Evidence from Italian Provinces," AIEL Series in Labour Economics, in: Chiara Mussida & Francesco Pastore (ed.), Geographical Labor Market Imbalances. Recent Explanations and Cures, edition 1, chapter 9, pages 195-217, AIEL - Associazione Italiana Economisti del Lavoro.
    • Handle: RePEc:ail:chapts:08-09
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    Keywords

    Business services; FDI; Manufacturing; Panel data; Productivity;
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    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business

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