Determinants of FDI inflows: Aggregate versus country-specific evidence from ASEAN-6

The Effects of Fdi Inflows on Host Country Economic Growth

The paper starts by discussing and modelling the potential of FDI to affect host country economic growth. The paper argues that out of two primary channels for FDI effects on economic growth, inflows of physical capital and technology spillovers respectively, it is technology spillovers that have the strongest potential to enhance economic growth in the host country. Using panel data analysis t...

Interdependence of FDI between India and ASEAN- 5: Evidence from Causality Approach

The paper explores the interdependence of FDI between India and ASEAN-5 countries namely, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, at the individual and group level. The empirical analysis is based on time series cointegration and causality test over the period 1970-2008. The findings suggest the presence of interdependence of FDI between India and ASEAN-5 countries. The...

Technology Spillovers of FDI in ASEAN Sourcing from Local and Abroad

 The effect of technology spillovers is widely considered as one of the main channels through which domestic firms benefit from FDI, and plays an important role in economic development of host countries. Based on the analysis framework for technology spillovers established by Borensztein et al. (1998), this paper will analyse and try to figure out the development patterns of ASEAN by utilizing ...

Country-specific Determinants of Intra Industry Trade Types of Agricultural Sector in Selected Developing Countries

Effect of Macroeconomic Variables on the FDI inflows: The Moderating Role of Political Stability: An Evidence from Pakistan

This study has examined the moderating role of Political Stability (PS) on the relationships between macroeconomic variables and the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in Pakistan. For that purpose, this study used the authentic annual data for the period 1991 to 2011. The empirical analysis involved using the ADF test to check the stationary of the data, the EViews software and hierarchal...