Foreign Direct Investments'Effects on the Balance of Current Account: Cointegration Analysis with Multiple Structural Breaks in Turkey, China and India Sample

In this study the effects of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on current account deficit were analyzed with multiple structural breaks unit root test of Carrion-i-Silvestre et al. (2009), multiple structural breaks cointegration test of Maki (2012) and dynamic ordinary smallest square method for Turkey, China and India by using 1980-2011 period data. According to the empirical findings; 10% increase of FDI leads to an decrease on the current account deficit in Turkey by 3%, India by 4.1%; on the contrary, it has been determined an increase on the current account surplus in China by 3.8%