Climbing the Rungs of the Quality Ladder
FDI and Domestic Exporters in Romania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9706257 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matej Bajgar (0000-0002-3780-7970, OECD; CERGE-EI), Beata Javorcik (University of Oxford; CEPR), Beata Smarzynska Javorcik (0000-0001-6089-6679, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 130 |
| Issue | 628 |
| Pages | 937-955 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ej/ueaa003 |
| OpenAlex | W2557073946 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 38 |
This article argues that inflows of foreign direct investment can facilitate export upgrading in host countries. Using customs data merged with firm-level information for 2005–11, it shows a positive relationship between the quality of products exported by Romanian firms and the presence of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the upstream (input-supplying) industries. Export quality is also positively related to MNE presence in the downstream (input-sourcing) industries and the same industry, but these relationships are less robust. These conclusions hold both when the product quality is proxied with unit values and when it is estimated following the approach of Khandelwal et al. (2013)
Business · Downstream (manufacturing · Economics · Foreign direct investment · Industrial organization · International economics · International trade · Multinational corporation · Product (mathematics · Quality (philosophy · Romanian · Unit (ring theory · Upstream (networking · Engineering · Global trade and economics · International Business and FDI · International Development and Aid · Marketing
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 2,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |