investment (FDI) inflows in Africa and capital flight from the continent over the past decades. It specifically explores two … questions: Is FDI a potential driver of capital flight? And, is natural resource endowment a possible channel for the capital … flight-FDI link? The econometric analysis is based on 32 African countries over the period 1970-2013 using dynamic panel data …

inflows in Africa and capital flight from the continent over the past decades. Indeed, paradoxically, even as African … words, is there an FDI-fueled capital flight phenomenon akin to debt-fueled capital flight? Second, is natural resource … endowment a possible channel for the capital flight-FDI link, given that resource-rich countries tend to be both preferred …

In the paper, I explored links between inflow of FDI, natural resource abundance and economic growth. The paper is an … attempt to analyze a lager sample of 106 countries and investigate the impact of FDI inflow on the economic growth of the host … resource abundance affect the FDI-growth relationship. Using panel data for a sample the period 1993-2012, the paper uses fixed …

This study investigated whether Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) supported the resource curse hypothesis in Nigeria. The … product, FDI, and exchange rate unidirectionally Granger cause economic welfare, whereas bidirectional Granger causality is … observed between indicators of natural resources to export, trade, and economic welfare. The results clearly indicate that FDI …

investment (FDI). At first, their potential effects are discussed using arguments from the pollution haven hypothesis and the …-abundant or resource export-dependent. Inward FDI also tend to be directed toward countries with relatively stricter environmental …