Foreign Technology Transfer and Productivity
用倾向得分匹配法研究外国技术转移渠道对土耳其制造企业生产率的影响，发现外商直接投资、出口和进口均提升生产率，其中外商直接投资效果最强，进口最弱。
AbstractWe examine the causal effects of alternative foreign technology transfer channels on the productivity of Turkish manufacturing plants, using propensity score matching techniques that limit implicit assumptions about plant homogeneity and self selection imbedded in standard estimates of such effects. We find positive impacts of technology transfer through foreign direct investment (FDI), exporting, and importing on both total factor and labor productivity, with FDI dominating and importing the least significant. Further, although internationally linked plants on average exhibit better productivity and differing characteristics than domestic plants before matching, the closeness of the matching indicates that remaining productivity gaps are caused by foreign technology transfer.KEY WORDS: CausalityExportsForeign direct investmentImportsPlant performance