The Effects of Greenfield FDI and Cross-border M&As on Total Factor Productivity

Ashraf, Ayesha and Herzer, Dierk and Nunnenkamp, Peter (2014): The Effects of Greenfield FDI and Cross-border M&As on Total Factor Productivity.

Abstract

We examine the effects of greenfield FDI and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) on total factor productivity (TFP) in developed and developing host countries of FDI. Using panel data for up to 123 countries over the period from 2003 to 2011, we find that greenfield FDI has no statistically significant effect on TFP while M&As have a positive effect on TFP in the total sample. Greenfield FDI and M&As both appear to be ineffective in increasing TFP in the sub-sample of developing countries. In contrast, M&As have a strong and positive effect on TFP in the sub-sample of developed countries.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: greenfield FDI; cross-border mergers and acquisitions; total factor productivity
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F21 - International Investment ; Long-Term Capital Movements; F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F23 - Multinational Firms ; International Business; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O47 - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth ; Aggregate Productivity ; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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