Governance, Regulations, Trade Openness and FDI Inflows: Empirical Study

Factors Associated with FDI Inflows to MENA Region: An Empirical Examination

T he purpose of the current research was to empirically examine the relationship between six independent variables and foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows (dependent variable) to countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for the period of 2002-2016. The independent variables studied in this research were foreign exchange systems, go...

Transition to FDI Openness

Empirical studies quantifying the benefits of increased foreign direct investment (FDI) have been unable to provide conclusive evidence of a positive impact on host country’s economic performance. I show that the lack of robust evidence is not inconsistent with theory, even if the eventual gains to FDI are large, if restrictions on FDI are lifted only gradually and part of FDI is intangible inv...

An Empirical Examination of Trade Openness and National Environmental Performance

Trade openness, capital openness and government size

This paper provides empirical evidence of the relation between trade openness, capital openness and government expenditures in a cross-sectional time-series context. It is shown that capital openness is significantly and negatively related to government expenditures in line with the conventional wisdom that capital mobility may undermine the ability of governments to maintain larger public sect...

Trends and Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in India: an Empirical Investigation

The present study attempts to empirically examine the determinants of FDI in India by taking time series data for the period 1992-93 to 2008-09. It applies Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method for this purpose. The empirical results indicate that GDP, inflation and Trade Openness are important factors in attracting FDI inflows in India during postreform period whereas Foreign Exchange Reserves ar...