scholarly journals Does Foreign Direct Investment Impact Energy Intensity? Evidence from Developing Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenming Cao ◽  
Shuanglian Chen ◽  
Zimei Huang
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Energy Intensity ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Smooth Transition ◽  
Brics Countries ◽  
Nonlinear Mechanism ◽  
Smooth Transition Regression ◽  
The Impact

The paper presents the results of a study that attempts to investigate the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on energy intensity by constructing panel regression model and panel smooth transition regression (PSTR) model. Based on panel data from 1990 to 2014, this study contributes to conduct the impact of FDI on energy intensity from the perspective of emerging country, including BRICS and non-BRICS countries, and investigates the channels of influence of FDI on energy intensity. Besides that, we intend to employ the PSTR model to reveal the nonlinear mechanism of FDI on energy intensity. Our findings reveal several key conclusions: first, FDI exerts insignificant impact on energy intensity in the emerging countries. Second, the impact of FDI on energy intensity is heterogeneous between BRICS and non-BRICS countries. Third, innovation capacity plays various moderating effects on the relationship of FDI and energy intensity among different types of emerging countries. Furthermore, the nonlinear mechanism of FDI on energy intensity is realized with industrial structure as the transition variable, which plays a different effect on the impact of FDI on energy intensity between different samples.

scholarly journals Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment and Industrial Structure Transformation on Haze Pollution across China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 5439
Author(s):  
Chenggang Li ◽  
Tao Lin ◽  
Zhenci Xu ◽  
Yuzhu Chen
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Spatial Data Analysis ◽  
Annual Data ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Structure Transformation ◽  
Haze Pollution ◽  
The Impact

With the development of economic globalization, some local environmental pollution has become a global environmental problem through international trade and transnational investment. This paper selects the annual data of 30 provinces in China from 2000 to 2017 and adopts exploratory spatial data analysis methods to explore the spatial agglomeration characteristics of haze pollution in China’s provinces. Furthermore, this paper constructs a spatial econometric model to test the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) and industrial structure transformation on haze pollution. The research results show that the high-high concentration area of haze pollution in China has shifted from the central and western regions to the eastern region and from inland regions to coastal regions. When FDI increases by 1%, haze pollution in local and neighboring areas will be reduced by 0.066% and 0.3538%, respectively. However, the impact of FDI on haze pollution is heterogeneous in different stages of economic development. FDI can improve the rationalization level of industrial structure, and then inhibit the haze pollution. However, FDI inhibits the upgrading level of industrial structure to a certain extent, and then aggravates the haze pollution. The research in this paper provides an important decision-making basis for coordinating the relationship between FDI and environmental pollution and realizing green development.

scholarly journals Threshold Effect of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth: New Evidence From a Panel Regime Switching Models

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maha Kalai ◽  
HELALI Kamel
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Regime Switching ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Threshold Effect ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Smooth Transition ◽  
Linear Effect ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Smooth Transition Regression

Abstract The article contributes to the existing literature by examining the non-linear effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the development of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) countries during the period 1980-2019. These countries multiply their FDI attraction policies in order to enrich the national externalities offered to local businesses and benefit from some positive effects on their economy in terms of growth, technology, know-how, etc. Using Panel Smooth Transition Regression Model (PSTR) and Panel Smooth Transition Autoregressive Model (PSTAR) models, our findings reveal that the FDI shows opposite effects below and over the estimated threshold. This highlights the asymmetrical effect of unforeseen shocks on its volatility. Policy implications are also discussed.JEL Classification: C51; C53; F21; F21; F34; O16; O23; R11.

Does the origin matter? The effects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions in France

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Carril-Caccia
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Intangible Asset ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe present article analyses the effects of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBM&As) on targets' total factor productivity (TFP), employment, wages and intangible-asset investment. The author investigates whether the impact of CBM&As differs depending on the origin of the investing multinational (MNE). The author distinguishes between CBM&As from European countries, other developed countries and emerging countries.Design/methodology/approachThe author makes use of a unique firm-level data set of foreign direct investment in the French manufacturing sector. The authors applies propensity score matching and difference in differences to estimate the effect of CBM&As.FindingsThe results show that the consequences of CBM&As differ strongly depending on the origin. CBM&As from European MNEs have a positive impact on TFP, wages and intangible-asset investment, and those from emerging countries seem to increase wages and intangible-asset investments. In contrast, CBM&As that originate from MNEs from other developed countries do not have a significant effect.Originality/valueThis article contributes to the growing literature on the effects of foreign direct investment that highlights the relevance of accounting for the MNEs' origin. In particular, it is the first to address the impact of emerging-country MNEs' CBM&As in Europe.

The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment and Biomass Energy Consumption on Pollution in BRICS Countries: A Panel Data Analysis

2022 ◽  
pp. 097491012110670
Author(s):  
Özge Barış-Tüzemen ◽  
Samet Tüzemen
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Biomass Energy ◽  
Brics Countries ◽  
The Impact

The relationship between foreign direct investment and carbon emissions in the BRICS (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China, and South Africa) countries for 1992–2017 is investigated in this study. Biomass energy consumption and per capita income variables are also added to the model as additional determinants of pollution. To test the pollution haven hypothesis, panel fixed-effects and random-effects models are employed. The findings show that an N-shaped association exists between foreign direct investment and CO2 in BRICS countries. In addition, the empirical results also suggest that there is both an inverted-U and an inverted-N-shaped connection between income and pollution. Finally, the quadratic fixed-effects model results imply that biomass energy consumption has significant contribution to environmental degradation in these countries. When the results are interpreted, BRICS countries are suggested to provide more incentives to renewable energy sources and accelerate the development of the green energy system to attract clean resources and prevent environmental degradation.

scholarly journals The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the Upgrading of Industrial Structure in the Yangtze River Delta

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 18-23
Author(s):  
Yinan Zhu ◽  
Wei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Yangtze River Delta ◽  
Industrial Upgrading ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Countermeasures And Suggestions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Yangtze River Delta

Foreign direct investment and industrial upgrading are not only important driving forces to promote sustainable economic development, but also the objective needs of a country to deeply participate in international division of labor and competition. Firstly, this paper summarizes the literature at home and abroad, and puts forward the research problems and research ideas. Secondly, it makes a theoretical analysis of the impact of foreign direct investment on the upgrading of industrial structure. Thirdly, it analyzes the current situation of foreign direct investment and industrial structure upgrading. Finally, it analyzes the main problems of China's foreign direct investment affecting the upgrading of industrial structure, and puts forward targeted countermeasures and suggestions.

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