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- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Company
- Copyright
- Copyright ©
- Subject
- Innovation
- ISSN
- 0217-5908
- eISSN
- 1793-6837
- DOI
- 10.1142/S0217590815500046
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Recent studies in the innovation literature show that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) enhances innovations in recipient countries through spill-over effects. In this paper we extend the existing literature by incorporating the corruption index in the estimation procedure. Using a cross-country analysis from the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region, covering 57 countries over the period of 1995–2010, we find no evidence of FDI spill-over effects on innovations, when corruption is endogenously modelled in the regression. Interestingly, we find that corruption and expenditure on education sector are positively related to the number of patents applications, suggesting anti-corruption programs encourage innovations that promote economic growth. Our study shed light on the national innovations and anti-corruption programs.
Journal
The Singapore Economic Review – World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: Mar 1, 2015
Keywords: Foreign direct investment corruption innovation technology transfer