Multinational Corporations in Indonesia and Thailand

KEIKO ITO Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Senshu University, JapanROBERT E. LIPSEY Director, New York Office, National Bureau of Economic Research, USAATSUKO MATSUOKA-MOVSHUK Consultant, Toyama, JapanOLEKSANDAR MOVSHUK Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Toyama, JapanSADAYUKI TAKII Research Associate Professor, International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development, and Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyushu University, JapanMASARU UMEMOTO Research Assistant Professor, International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development, Japan

• List of Tables and Figures Foreword Contributors PART 1: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW The Issues; E.D.Ramstetter & F.Sjöholm PART 2: WAGE DIFFERENTIALS AND SPILLOVERS Foreign MNCs and Wages in Indonesia; R.E.Lipsey & F.Sjöholm Multinational Corporations and Wages in Thai Manufacturing; O.Movshuk & A.Matsuoka-Movshuk PART 3: PRODUCTIVITY DIFFERENTIALS AND SPILLOVERS Productivity Differentials and Spillovers in Indonesian Manufacturing; S.Takii Are Productivity Differentials Important in Thai Manufacturing?; E.D.Ramstetter Foreign Ownership and Productivity in the Indonesian and Thai Automobile Industries; K.Ito PART 4: EXPORTS AND FOREIGN OWNERSHIP Multinational Companies amd Exports in Indonesian Manufacturing; F.Sjöholm & S.Takii Exports and Foreign Ownership in Thai Manufacturing; E.D.Ramstetter & M.Umemoto Index

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