How does foreign direct investment affect economic growth
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In this article, the effect of FDI on economic growth in a cross-country regression framework was investigated. And they found that FDI contributes to economic growth only when a sufficient absorptive capability of the advanced technologies is available in the host economy.About:
This article is published in Journal of International Economics.The article was published on 1998-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 4268 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Foreign direct investment & Productivity.read more
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Taxing capital flows: an empirical comparative analysis
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An empirical investigation of foreign direct investment and economic growth in SAARC nations
TL;DR: In this article, the causal nexus between foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic growth in SAARC countries was investigated, where Johansen's cointegration test was employed to examine the long-run relationship between FDI and economic development.
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The Role of FDI Inflows in Economic Growth in Malaysia (Time Series: 1975-2010)
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the role of FDI inflows in Malaysia economic growth through a proposed endogenous growth model, which covers from 1975 to 2010, and use Hierarchical Multiple Regression (HMR) analysis to find out the momentum of the Malaysia economy including FDI inflow.
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Productivity and economic growth: an empirical assessment of the contribution of fdi to the chinese economy
TL;DR: This article found a bidirectional causal linkage between FDI and productivity growth across the regions in China, suggesting that changes in FDI intensity Granger-cause changes in productivity, and vice versa.
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Determinants of foreign direct investment in Thailand: Does natural disaster matter?
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of natural disasters on foreign direct investment (FDI) was explored by applying the simultaneous equation approach to account for endogeneity between variables, and the results showed that natural disaster does matter for FDI flows.
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