Sources of productivity gains from FDI in Indonesia: Is it efficiency improvement or technological progress?

Suyanto, Suyanto and Salim, Ruhul A. (2010) Sources of productivity gains from FDI in Indonesia: Is it efficiency improvement or technological progress? The Developing Economies, 48 (4). pp. 450-472. ISSN 0012-1533

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Abstract

This article investigates the spillover effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on productivity growth in the Indonesian food processing (ISIC 311) and the electrical machinery industries (ISIC 383). Total factor productivity (TFP) growth is decomposed into efficiency change and technological change by using the Malmquist productivity index. The empirical results show that efficiency improvement is the major driver of TFP growth in the food processing industry, whereas technological progress is the dominant contributor in the electrical machinery industry. There are positive spillovers on efficiency change but negative spillovers on technological change in the food processing industry. However, FDI spillovers turn out to be negative in efficiency change while positive in technological progress in the electrical machinery industry. These findings demonstrate that different industries experience different sources of productivity gains, which are dependent on the characteristics of firms in the industry.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: FDI; TFP growth; Efficiency change; Technological change JEL classification: 024, F21
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions: Faculty of Business and Economic > Department of Economic
Depositing User: Suyanto 3198
Date Deposited: 10 Aug 2015 01:37
Last Modified: 24 Mar 2021 15:53
URI: http://repository.ubaya.ac.id/id/eprint/25173

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