The objective of this study is to assess governance drivers of FDI in a panel of BRICS and MINT countries for the period 2001-2011. We bundle and unbundle governance determinants using a battery of contemporary and non-contemporary estimation techniques. Our findings reveal the following:...

The aim of this study was to examine the motives of foreign direct investment (FDI) of Polish enterprises. Our studies have confirmed that the market seeking and – to a lesser extent – resource seeking motives are most important for Polish companies investing abroad. The search for...

The paper discusses the influence of foreign direct investment on the economic situation of Poland with a special attention to: GDP, export, import, research and development expenditure and unemployment. In order to fulfill objectives of this research this paper uses the VECM methodology. The...

This paper explores mainly the impacts of foreign direct investment (FDI), as well as its sectoral allocation on tax revenues over the period 1989-2009 for eight West African countries. Econometric estimations using panel data show that: first, FDI affects positively and significantly tax...

Since the past two decades, developing countries have begun liberalizing their national policies to set up a hospitable framework for FDI by relaxing rules regarding market entry and foreign ownership, improving the standards of treatment provided to foreign firms, and improving the functioning...

This study examined the effects of governance on FDI-growth nexus in Africa both at the aggregated and disaggregated level. It adopted the methodology of panel data technique to examine the interrelationship. The results showed that governance in many African countries was quite weak and thus...

This paper examines the relationship between the financial development, foreign direct investment and economic growth in Sri Lanka using quarterly data over the period 1996 to 2011. Johansen co-integration technique and vector error correction model are used to investigate the relationships. The...

Although it has been recognised that foreign direct investment (FDI), exports, and education are important ingredients in economic development, not much research has been carried out in developing countries to determine the effects of these three variables, taken together, on economic growth....

Foreign multinationals play an important role in Canadian economy. Their affiliates accounted for about 50 percent of manufacturing production and 30 percent of total business production in Canada. Understanding the linkage between foreign multinational production in Canada and Canadian...

The impact of FDI on total factor productivity in Hungary during the 1990s' is assessed with a large enterprise panel. Foreign equity is associated with higher productivity levels and has a substantial, positive spillover effect on aggregate TFP growth. However, this benefit is significant only...