OPENNESS AND PRODUCTIVITY: THE ROLE OF IMPORTS, FDI AND INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS

OPENNESS AND PRODUCTIVITY: THE ROLE OF IMPORTS, FDI AND INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Previous research has shown that trade and FDI are beneficial to countries' economic development. This paper builds on the literature, and analyzes the effects on total factor productivity (TFP) through three channels of openness-imports, inward FDI and international call traffic (ICT) for a se...

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Autor principal: Wang,Yanling
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Economía. 2012
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TFP
imports
FDI
international call traffic
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spelling oai:scielo:S0719-043320120001000052013-10-15OPENNESS AND PRODUCTIVITY: THE ROLE OF IMPORTS, FDI AND INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONSWang,Yanling TFP imports FDI international call traffic Previous research has shown that trade and FDI are beneficial to countries' economic development. This paper builds on the literature, and analyzes the effects on total factor productivity (TFP) through three channels of openness-imports, inward FDI and international call traffic (ICT) for a set of developing countries in Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Using data from the period of 1980 to 2000, I find that imports, FDI and international call traffic all significantly promote TFP growth in developing countries, and that human capital enhances the effects of imports on TFP.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Economía.Latin american journal of economics v.49 n.1 20122012-05-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0719-04332012000100005en10.4067/S0719-04332012000100005
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topic TFP
imports
FDI
international call traffic
spellingShingle TFP
imports
FDI
international call traffic
Wang,Yanling
OPENNESS AND PRODUCTIVITY: THE ROLE OF IMPORTS, FDI AND INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
description Previous research has shown that trade and FDI are beneficial to countries' economic development. This paper builds on the literature, and analyzes the effects on total factor productivity (TFP) through three channels of openness-imports, inward FDI and international call traffic (ICT) for a set of developing countries in Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Using data from the period of 1980 to 2000, I find that imports, FDI and international call traffic all significantly promote TFP growth in developing countries, and that human capital enhances the effects of imports on TFP.
author Wang,Yanling
author_facet Wang,Yanling
author_sort Wang,Yanling
title OPENNESS AND PRODUCTIVITY: THE ROLE OF IMPORTS, FDI AND INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
title_short OPENNESS AND PRODUCTIVITY: THE ROLE OF IMPORTS, FDI AND INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
title_full OPENNESS AND PRODUCTIVITY: THE ROLE OF IMPORTS, FDI AND INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
title_fullStr OPENNESS AND PRODUCTIVITY: THE ROLE OF IMPORTS, FDI AND INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
title_full_unstemmed OPENNESS AND PRODUCTIVITY: THE ROLE OF IMPORTS, FDI AND INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
title_sort openness and productivity: the role of imports, fdi and international telecommunications
publisher Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Economía.
publishDate 2012
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