The paper investigates the role of trade openness on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in the economy during the period 1980-2007. It finds that trade openness has a significant positive impact on FDI inflows. However, its impact is much stronger in the post-globalization era (i.e., from...

The paper deals with different characteristics of panel data models to examine the determinants of FDI inflows in India. Using the data over 2001-2010, it finds that the main determinants of FDI inflows are the availability of power, domestic investment and profit. It further justifies that...

The study presents an application of neural network methods for forecasting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the six Asian economies, namely, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Thailand. Using the dataset for the period 1970-2009, it finds that Artificial Neural Network...

The paper examines the causality relationship between banking sector development (BSD) and economic growth (GDP) by using panel VAR model. Using data from selected 34 OECD countries, the study finds Granger causality between BSD and GDP. The paper suggests that banking sector indicators can be...