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Spatial spillovers from foreign direct investment: evidence from the Yangtze river delta in China / Tanaka, Kiyoyasu; Hashiguchi, Yoshihiro

Tanaka, Kiyoyasu	Article
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This paper examines the spatial externality from foreign direct investment on domestic firms. Using Chinese firm-level data for 2004, and after accounting for an endogeneity problem, we find that foreign firms generate a significantly positive spillover effect on the regional productivity of domestic firms in similar counties and industries. Estimating a spatial-autoregressive model, we further show that such local spillovers could transmit to domestic firms in other counties and industries through interactions among domestic firms. However, these spatial multiplier effects decline with distance, thereby reducing the foreign direct investment spillover effects for domestic firms in distant locations.

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FDI ; China ; Foreign Direct Investment ; Productivity ; Spatial Spillovers

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Sunny days: Spatial spillovers in photovoltaic system adoptions / Irwin, Nicholas B

Irwin, Nicholas B	Journal Article
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Spatial spillovers – peer effects from neighboring actions on one's own decisions – play an important role in the diffusion of technologies, particularly the adoption of residential photovoltaic (PV) systems and have important implications for renewable energy policies meant to encourage small-scale solar energy generation. Existing research notes spillovers manifest at large spatial scales but evidence at smaller scales is currently absent. In this work, we examine if spatial spillovers in residential PV system adoptions exist at small scales – specifically within one's nearest set of neighbors – using spatially explicit data on residential PV installations from Baltimore, MD. We find strong evidence for the existence of spatial spillovers, with a neighboring installation increasing PV system adoption likelihood by 16.5–17.1 percent. The results indicate the presence of a potential multiplier effect that can be targeted by policymakers interested in encouraging solar energy development to meet renewable energy goals.

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Renewable Energy ; Peer Effects ; Spatial Spillovers ; Solar Photovoltaic (PV)

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