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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.
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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.

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How does foreign direct investment affect economic growth?

FDI is an important vehicle for technology transfer and contributes more to economic growth than domestic investment, but only when the host country has a minimum threshold stock of human capital.

How does foreign direct investment affect economic growth?

Foreign direct investment (FDI) contributes to economic growth by transferring technology, but only when the host country has a minimum stock of human capital.