Governance and FDI Attractiveness: Some Evidence from Developing and Developed Countries

Yosra Saidi; Anis Ochi; Houria Ghadri

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Yosra Saidi
Anis Ochi
Houria Ghadri

Keywords:

governance, foreign direct investment, macroeconomic variables, fixed effects models and panel data

Abstract

In this paper, we'll try to study the impact of governance indicators and macroeconomic variables on the attractiveness of foreign direct investment in 20 developed and developing countries over the period 1998-2011 using fixed effects panel regressions. Our results generally indicate that only two indicators of governance namely, political stability and regulatory quality have a significant impact on FDI inflows. This indicates, for our overall sample, that foreign investors are interested in political stability and regulatory quality in their choice of investment abroad.

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Governance and FDI Attractiveness: Some Evidence from Developing and Developed Countries. (2013). Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 13(B6), 15-24. https://journalofbusiness.org/index.php/GJMBR/article/view/1133

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