Link to the University of Pittsburgh
Link to the University Library SystemContact us link
AEI Banner

Do Domestic Firms Benefit from Foreign Presence and Competition in Irish Services Sectors? ESRI WP395. July 2011

Haller, Stefanie A. (2011) Do Domestic Firms Benefit from Foreign Presence and Competition in Irish Services Sectors? ESRI WP395. July 2011. [Working Paper]

[img] PDF - Published Version
Download (933Kb)

    Abstract

    This paper examines whether domestic firms benefit from foreign competition through imports and from the presence of foreign-owned firms via spillovers in three Irish market-services sectors between 2001 and 2007. Import competition enhances the productivity of domestic firms in two out of three market-services sectors (transport and business activities). The effects from foreign presence are more varied. Foreign presence enhances the productivity of domestic firms in one sector (transport) when using standard output-based measures of productivity. After taking into account the degree of absorptive capacity of the domestic firms this spillover effect only accrues to domestic non-importers. Using input-based measures of productivity, the paper points to adverse effects of foreign presence as it is associated with lower capital-labour ratios and higher part-time-to-full-time employee ratios among domestic firms in wholesale and retail trade.

    Export/Citation:EndNote | BibTeX | Dublin Core | ASCII (Chicago style) | HTML Citation | OpenURL
    Social Networking:
    Item Type: Working Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > competition policy
    Countries > Ireland
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin > ESRI Working Papers
    Depositing User: Alyssa McDonald
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 24 Jul 2017 11:01
    Number of Pages: 35
    Last Modified: 24 Jul 2017 11:01
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/87934

    Actions (login required)

    View Item

    Document Downloads