2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Productivity gap and technology spillover
| Project/Area Number |
16H07279
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Economic policy
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| Research Institution | Toyo University (2017)
Waseda University (2016) |
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Principal Investigator |
NI Bin 東洋大学, 経営学部, 助教 (60779677)
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| Research Collaborator |
Kato Hayato
Spatareanu Mariana
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | technology spillover / productivity gap / firm-level data / Vietnam |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
After applying statistical methods such as stepwise chow test to divide Asian investors by different TFP cutoffs, we show that the relationship between the productivity gap and vertical spillover takes an inverted-U shape, i.e. Vietnamese suppliers can achieve the most TFP gains from the diffusion of the Asian investors with middle-level TFP. The empirical results are robust against several sensitivity checks, thus providing the evidence that not all the foreign investors with the most advanced technology can bring about the benefits to the local firms in Vietnam. The findings can inform the policy-makers in Vietnam as what kind of actions should be taken to promote the corporation between foreign investors and domestic suppliers accordingly. Thus the framework of this study can offer a new microfoundation for systematically evaluating the role of technology difference.
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| Free Research Field |
経済政策
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