The Impact of Corruption on FDI: An Application of Efficient Grease Hypothesis to EU Countries

This paper empirically examines the impact of corruption on FDI in European Union countries, including candidate countries. Our aim is to verify whether Efficient Grease Hypothesis does hold in the case of the EU. Contrary to the Hypothesis, we find that corruption has a negative impact on FDI.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Kardesler, Elif ; Yetkiner, I. Hakan
Publisher:	Izmir : Izmir University of Economics, Department of Economics
Subject:	FDI \| Corruption \| Efficient Grease Hypothesis \| OLS

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Series:	Working Papers in Economics ; 09/02
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	599734493 [GVK] hdl:10419/175903 [Handle] RePEc:izm:wpaper:0902 [RePEc]
Classification:	C31 - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models ; D73 - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption ; F21 - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
Source:	EconStor

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