外商直接投资与产业结构调整和升级——基于波兰出口的实证分析外文原文.pdfVIP

Applied Economics, 2002, 34, 207± 217 Foreign direct investment, industrial restructuring and the upgrading of Polish exports CA M I L L A J E N S E N Copenhagen Business School, Center fo r East European Studies, Howitzvej 60, DK-2000 , Frederiksberg , Denmark E-mail: cj.cees@cbs.dk This paper poses a central question in relation to the economic-structura l eVect of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) with Polish manufacturin g as an empirical case: how FDI coincides with the technology intensity of Polish exports . A short review of the available literature discusses critically the possibility of establishing one-sided cause-eVect relationships between trade and FDI. Subsequently the empirical analysis investigate s what role incoming FDI appears to have played in relation to Polish export specialization over the period 1989± 1996. Results indicate that FDI has aVected positively the technology intensity of the Polish export base . I . I N T R O D U C T I O N national ®rms can be viewed as underdevelope d in com- parison with accumulated ownership advantage s of ®rms There is a wide literature available addressing the economic in Western Europe. The trade and investment regime prior bene®cial eVect from foreign direct investment (FDI) in the to 1989 was closed and marked by planning in the internal host country perspective (for a survey see Blomstrom,È CMEA trade . These historical factors continue to aVect the 1991; Lall, 1993). A central question for countries hosting internationa l competitivenes s of products from transition multinationa l ®rms, and especially the less