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Testing Backward Linkages Of Fdi In China, Zhuomin Liu Apr 2005

Testing Backward Linkages Of Fdi In China, Zhuomin Liu

Theses & Dissertations

Inward FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) affects productivity of local industries through three channels- direct effects, horizontal spillovers, and vertical linkages. This study focuses on the backward linkages of FDI in the 28 two-digit manufacturing sectors in China, as well as their horizontal and forward linkage effects. Two related tests, firm level pooled data test 1999-2002 and industrial level panel data test 1994-2003 are conducted to investigate whether backward linkages from multinational buyers brings productivity gain to local suppliers. Firm level tests provide convincing evidence that increase backward linkage of FDI will lead to productivity gains. This includes not only total …


Sticky Wage, Efficiency Wage, And Keynesian Unemployment, Chengze, Simon Fan Jan 2005

Sticky Wage, Efficiency Wage, And Keynesian Unemployment, Chengze, Simon Fan

Centre for Public Policy Studies : CPPS Working Paper Series

This paper provides a model of involuntary unemployment by combining the insights of the sticky wage theory and the efficiency wage theory. It implies that employed workers tend to supply more effort in response to economic downturns. So, a negative shock to an economy has intriguing impacts on the unemployment. The model also shows that a negative demand shock may have a relatively small effect on output since changes in work effort serve to partially mitigate the effects of the shock. Moreover, it yields some implications that complement the existing “work-sharing” literature.


The Lingnan Commentary - January 2005 (No. 10), Hong Kong Institute Of Business Studies, Lingnan University Jan 2005

The Lingnan Commentary - January 2005 (No. 10), Hong Kong Institute Of Business Studies, Lingnan University

The Lingnan Commentary 嶺南評論 : A Quarterly Review of Economic, Business and Social Issues by Lingnan University

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