Economic freedom and foreign direct investment in developing countries

This paper employs cross-country growth regressions for a sample of developing countries to examine the determinants of FDI. In addition to economic factors affecting foreign direct investment, the analysis also tests for the role of institutional quality (enforcement of property rights, corruption,...

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Main Authors: Quazi, Rahim R., Rashid, Shahidur
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Project MUSE 2007
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/172371
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description This paper employs cross-country growth regressions for a sample of developing countries to examine the determinants of FDI. In addition to economic factors affecting foreign direct investment, the analysis also tests for the role of institutional quality (enforcement of property rights, corruption, etc.) and policy orientation factors (openness). The paper evaluates whether foreign investment responds to changes in levels of economic freedom. In addition it tests whether the insignificant coefficient found in previous studies is the result of the level of aggregation in the economic freedom data. Finally, it disaggregates the data on economic freedom and re-estimates the relationship between FDI and components of economic freedom. Foreign direct investment is found to vary positively with increases in certain components of economic freedom.
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spelling CGSpace1723712025-01-29T12:59:53Z Economic freedom and foreign direct investment in developing countries Quazi, Rahim R. Rashid, Shahidur economic situation This paper employs cross-country growth regressions for a sample of developing countries to examine the determinants of FDI. In addition to economic factors affecting foreign direct investment, the analysis also tests for the role of institutional quality (enforcement of property rights, corruption, etc.) and policy orientation factors (openness). The paper evaluates whether foreign investment responds to changes in levels of economic freedom. In addition it tests whether the insignificant coefficient found in previous studies is the result of the level of aggregation in the economic freedom data. Finally, it disaggregates the data on economic freedom and re-estimates the relationship between FDI and components of economic freedom. Foreign direct investment is found to vary positively with increases in certain components of economic freedom. 2007-09 2025-01-29T12:59:53Z 2025-01-29T12:59:53Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/172371 en Limited Access Project MUSE Quazi, Rahim R.; Rashid, Shahidur. 2005. Economic freedom and foreign direct investment in developing countries. The International Journal of Business and Public Administration 2(1): 92-99. https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2008.0024
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title_full Economic freedom and foreign direct investment in developing countries
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