The Impact of Foreign Firms on the Productivity of Domestic Firms: The Case of Cambodia

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24730232
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Applied economics
• Research Institution: Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization
• Principal Investigator: Tanaka Kiyoyasu 独立行政法人日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所, 研究企画部, 海外研究員 (30581368)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: カンボジア / 外資企業 / 地場企業 / インフォーマルセクター / 産業集積 / 衛星画像データ / ミクロデータ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research investigates the impact of foreign firms on the productivity of domestic firms in Cambodia. This research conducts an interview survey for foreign firms in garment and tourism industries in Cambodia. The survey shows that the majority of foreign firms import capital goods and intermediate inputs from foreign markets and have little transaction relationship with local suppliers. An empirical analysis suggests that there are limited spillover effects of foreign firms on domestic firms. These results can be interpreted as reflecting the fact that the local industry in the Cambodian economy is underdeveloped and a large number of informal firms do not have any transaction relationships with foreign firms.

Free Research Field

国際経済学、開発経済学、応用計量経済学