Effect of Inward Foreign Direct Investment on Income Inequality in Transition Countries

The Effects of Good Governance on Foreign Direct Investment in Middle-Income Countries

  This is undoubtedly recognized that economic performance for each country over time is related to a great extent to its political, institutional and legal environment. In fact, these institutions and policies are that determine the governance quality.   In a panel data study, we applied newly developed indices to examine the effects of good governance on FDI for fifteen middle-income countri...

The Effect of Population Health on Foreign Direct Investment Inflows to Low- and Middle-Income Countries

— This paper investigates the effect of population health on gross inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI). We conduct a panel data analysis of 74 industrialized and developing countries over 1980–2000. Our main finding is that gross inflows of FDI are strongly and positively influenced by population health in lowand middle-income countries. Our estimates suggest that raising life expectancy...

Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging and Transition European Countries

This study examines the determinants of both inward and outward FDI for twenty emerging and transition economies in Europe (ETEE) over the period 1995-2001. We adopt a comparative perspective by explicitly comparing the determinants of FDI in ETEEs with alternative samples of both developed and other developing countries. Particular attention is paid to measures of governance and institutional ...

The Ranking Of The OIC Member Countries Based On Factors Influencing Their Inward Foreign Direct Investments

The Impact of Economic Sanctions and other Factors on Attracting Foreign Direct Investment in OPEC Countries

Abstract Foreign direct investment (FDI) is considered as a one of the important channels of financing capital internationally. FDI, in addition to compensating for the lack of capital, entails the transfer of technology, the entry of expert human capital, management, and knowledge; therefore, in order to Realizing the continuous and stable economic growth is necessary to scientifically identi...