#2217. Does technology-seeking OFDI improve the productivity of Chinese firms under the COVID-19 pandemic?

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Abstract:
This paper empirically investigates the impact of technology-seeking outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) on firms productivity under the influence of negative external shocks, taking as a sample the investment data of Asian firms before and during COVID-19. The results show that technology-seeking OFDI improves productivity, but not under negative external shocks. The dampening effect of such shocks is more significant when the host country is a developed country and in firms with multiple branches. Technology-seeking OFDI particularly improves the productivity of research and development and processing firms, and (among the productivity measures tested) most prominently affects total factor productivity.
Keywords:
COVID-19; External shock; Investment heterogeneity; Productivity; Technology-seeking OFDI

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