Institutional Quality and Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from OECD Countries

How foreign direct investment promote institutional quality: Evidence from Vietnam

Dang, Duc Anh—How foreign direct investment promote institutional quality: Evidence from Vietnam Using a unique dataset from a provincial competitiveness survey and the rising foreign direct investment (FDI) from joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), I find that variations in economic institutions across the provinces of Vietnam are associated with the flow of foreign investment. To overc...

Foreign direct investment and institutional quality: Some empirical evidence

Based on a panel data analysis of 164 countries from 1996 to 2006, we examine the impact of institutional quality on foreign direct investment (FDI) levels and volatility. We find that good institutional quality matters to FDI. We provide evidence that institutional quality has a positive and significant effect on FDI. More specifically, we find that a one standard deviation change in instituti...

Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment of OECD Countries 1991 - 2001

Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth: Evidence from Iran and GCC

Abstract F DI can create employment and reduce poverty, increase the host country’s export capacity causing the developing country to increase its foreign exchange earnings. The aim of this study is to investigate whether FDI affect economic growth in GCC countries over the period 1980-2014 using ARDL approaches. The empirical results show that the FDI is one of the major drivers of e...

environmental consequences of economic growth and foreign direct investment: evidence from developing countries

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