scholarly journals The Effect of Economic Institutions on Foreign Direct Investment:

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-20
Author(s):  
Qurat ul Ain ◽  
Tahir Yousaf ◽  
Yasmeen Akhtar
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Empirical Finding ◽  
Economic Institutions ◽  
Fixed Effects Model ◽  
High Level

This study focuses on examining the effect of Economic Institutions on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in 24 developing Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. This study used panel data over the period 1995 to 2015 , for its emerical investigation, by using a fixed-effects model as suggested by Hausman after controlling for heteroscedasticity. The empirical finding suggests that the counties can attract more FDI if they enhance their economic institutions despite deficiencies in market size, trade openness and high level of human capital. However the development level seems to have an equal importance as that of economic institutions and is significant at all levels in LAC. The study also shows significant relation with controlling variables namely GDP per Capita and human capital.

scholarly journals The Dynamics of Foreign Direct Investment in BRICS Countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3(J)) ◽  
pp. 101-112
Author(s):  
Kunofiwa Tsaurai
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Financial Development ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Human Capital Development ◽  
Brics Countries ◽  
Capital Development

Recent studies which investigated the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in BRICS include Hsin-Hong and Shou-Ronne (2012), Nandi (2012), Jadhav (2012), Darzini and Amirmojahedi (2013), Nischith (2013), Ho et al. (2013), Kaur et al. (2013) and Priya and Archana (2014). The findings from these studies shows lack of consensus and confirm that a list of agreeable determinants of FDI in BRICS countries is still an unsettled matter. This paper was therefore initiated in order to contribute to the debate on the discourse on FDI determinants in BRICS countries.This paper deviates from earlier similar studies in five ways: (1) uses most recent data, (2) is the first to investigate whether a combination of financial development, trade openness, human capital, economic growth and inflation influence FDI in BRICS countries, (3) uses different proxies of the variables that affect FDI, (4) employed both fixed effects and pooled ordinary least squares (OLS) approaches and (5) used a stacked data approach.The results of the study showed that economic growth, trade openness and exchange rate stability positively impacted on FDI, financial development positively influenced FDI under fixed effects, FDI was positively influenced by human capital development using the pooled OLS and inflation negatively affected FDI in line with literature. Taking into account these findings, this study urges BRICS to implement policies that increase financial sector efficiency and economic growth, maintain stable exchange rates, keep inflation rates at lower levels, enhance trade openness and human capital development in order to increase FDI inflows.

scholarly journals The Dynamics of Foreign Direct Investment in BRICS Countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Kunofiwa Tsaurai
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Financial Development ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Human Capital Development ◽  
Brics Countries ◽  
Capital Development

Recent studies which investigated the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in BRICS include Hsin-Hong and Shou-Ronne (2012), Nandi (2012), Jadhav (2012), Darzini and Amirmojahedi (2013), Nischith (2013), Ho et al. (2013), Kaur et al. (2013) and Priya and Archana (2014). The findings from these studies shows lack of consensus and confirm that a list of agreeable determinants of FDI in BRICS countries is still an unsettled matter. This paper was therefore initiated in order to contribute to the debate on the discourse on FDI determinants in BRICS countries.This paper deviates from earlier similar studies in five ways: (1) uses most recent data, (2) is the first to investigate whether a combination of financial development, trade openness, human capital, economic growth and inflation influence FDI in BRICS countries, (3) uses different proxies of the variables that affect FDI, (4) employed both fixed effects and pooled ordinary least squares (OLS) approaches and (5) used a stacked data approach.The results of the study showed that economic growth, trade openness and exchange rate stability positively impacted on FDI, financial development positively influenced FDI under fixed effects, FDI was positively influenced by human capital development using the pooled OLS and inflation negatively affected FDI in line with literature. Taking into account these findings, this study urges BRICS to implement policies that increase financial sector efficiency and economic growth, maintain stable exchange rates, keep inflation rates at lower levels, enhance trade openness and human capital development in order to increase FDI inflows.

scholarly journals The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment, Capital Formation, Inflation, Money Supply and Trade Openness on Economic Growth of Asian Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
Xiuyun Yang ◽  
Muhammad Nouman Shafiq
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Money Supply ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Fixed Effects Model ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
The Impact

Economic growth is currently an essential phenomenon for emerging countries worldwide and has gained the researchers' intentions. Thus, the current study aims to examine the role of foreign direct investment (FDI), capital formation, inflation, money supply, and trade openness on the economic growth of Asian countries. The data has been extracted from the twenty emerging Asian countries from 2007 to 2018 using the most popular database named World Development Indicators (WDI). The fixed-effects model, along with the robust standard error, has been used for checking the impact of predictors on the economic growth of Asian countries. The results revealed that the predictors such as FDI, capital formation, money supply, and trade openness have positive association with economic growth, while inflation has a negative association with the economic growth of Asian countries. These findings are suitable for the new arrivals who want to examine this area in the future and for the regular traders who want to develop policies related to economic growth.

Cross-country technology gap in Latin America

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 630-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaustav Misra ◽  
Esra Memili ◽  
Dianne H.B. Welsh ◽  
Surender Reddy ◽  
Gail E. Sype
Keyword(s):  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Fixed Effects Model ◽  
Technology Gap ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Constant Returns To Scale ◽  
Latin American Countries ◽  
Patent Filing

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors influencing the total factor productivity (TFP) gap between the USA and eight Latin American countries for the period of 1970-2000. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides an explicit application of TFP estimation by employing a growth accounting approach (Solow Residual) in the presence of non-constant returns to scale and a non-parametric approach (DEA – Malmquist Index) while relaxing the scale-related constraint. A macro-based economic model of innovator and follower countries is employed to explore the linkage between technology gaps and innovations, labor productivity, trade openness, foreign direct investment, and adult workforce illiteracy rates. A pooled model and a fixed effects model are used to determine the factors of the technology gap between the innovator and the follower countries. Findings – The results show that the labor productivity gap, adult work force illiteracy rates, patent filing gap, and trade openness are significant determinants of the technology gap between innovator and follower country. Practical implications – Latin American countries would benefit from the technology diffusion from an innovator country; but a minimum threshold of human capital, such as adult workforce illiteracy rates and patent filing has to be met. The authors find government policies on trade openness also have large effects on technology limitations in foreign countries. Originality/value – This paper is of value to researchers, policy makers, and economic development specialists trying to improve the rate of technology adoption and innovation.

Tourism-Led Growth Hypothesis and Foreign Direct Investment in ASEAN

2020 ◽  
pp. 359-384
Author(s):  
Praopan Pratoomchat
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Gdp Per Capita ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
Asean Economic Community ◽  
Growth Hypothesis

This study tests the relationships of visitor spending, foreign direct investment in the tourism sector, and the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the period of 1988 to 2011 to prove the tourism-led growth hypothesis. The results of panel regression show that tourism-led growth hypothesis is valid for the ASEAN countries. Factors determining the GDP per capita in these countries are visitor spending, foreign investment and government consumption in tourism sector, human capital and trade openness. The results from this study suggest that the governments of the ASEAN countries are able to have effective growth policies by encouraging foreign direct investment in the tourism sector and improving their human capital. Therefore, ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) which will strengthen and facilitate investment cooperation and human capital developments in the tourism sector among ASEAN countries will have a significant benefit to economic growth in the region.

scholarly journals Determinan Aliran Masuk Foreign Direct Investment ke Negara-Negara Berpendapatan Rendah

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-188
Author(s):  
Rully Aprianto ◽  
Alla Asmara ◽  
Sahara
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Random Effects ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Fixed Effects Model ◽  
Model Data

Modal merupakan faktor penting yang mendorong pertumbuhan ekonomi dan pembangunan. Investasi asing langsung (foreign direct investment – FDI) adalah salah satu bentuk modal terbaik dalam pembiayaan dan investasi proyek industri. Oleh karena itu, adalah hal yang penting untuk mengidentifikasi faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi FDI dan untuk menentukan tingkat pengaruh masing-masing untuk membuat kebijakan yang tepat di bidang ini. Penelitian ini menganalisis faktor-faktor penentu FDI di negara dengan pendapatan per kapita rendah. Analisis didasarkan pada sampel dari 10 negara berpendapatan rendah. Dengan menggunakan model data panel, digunakan tiga pendekatan, yaitu common model, random effects dan fixed effects model, untuk mengidentifikasi faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi FDI di negara-negara ini. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan faktor-faktor yang berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap aliran masuk FDI ke negara-negara dengan tingkat pendapatan rendah adalah PDB (ukuran pasar), inflasi, produktivitas tenaga kerja, infrastruktur, keterbukaan perdagangan, dan stabilitas politik. Sementara kualitas kebijakan dan peraturan tidak berpengaruh secara signifikan.

scholarly journals Panel Data Analysis on the Influence of Environmental Regulations on the Inflow of Foreign Direct Investment in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 1035-1044
Author(s):  
Hao Hu ◽  
Lei Dong ◽  
Hao Zhang ◽  
Haiyan Tang ◽  
Desheng Yin
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Environmental Regulations ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Entropy Method ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Fixed Effects Model ◽  
Location Selection ◽  
Investment In China

From the micro level, this paper thoroughly investigates the influence of environmental regulations (ERS) on the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China. Firstly, the entropy method was adopted to comprehensively measure the ERS intensities of 283 Chinese cities at prefecture level and above in 2003-2016. Then, the Cournot model was utilized to analyze how ERS affects FDI. After that, fixed-effects model was employed to empirically examine the impacts of ERS intensities in eastern, central, and western regions on FDI inflow. The results show that: The regression results on nationwide, central, and western samples indicate that the influence of ERS variable was significantly negative. This means ERS is indeed an important consideration of foreign investors in location selection. Besides, stricter ERS hinders the inflow of FDI, which agrees with the pollution haven hypothesis. On eastern samples, stricter ERS promotes FDI inflow, that is, the situation in eastern region meets Porter hypothesis. Finally, several suggestions were presented for policymakers based on the empirical results.

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