Climbing the rungs of the quality ladder: FDI and domestic exporters in Romania

This paper argues that inflows of foreign direct investment can facilitate export upgrading in host countries. Using customs data merged with firm-level information for 2005-2011, it shows a positive relationship between the quality of products exported by Romanian firms and the presence of multinat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bajgar, M, Javorcik, B
Format: Journal article
Published: Oxford University Press 2020