Despite plausible theoretical grounds for presuming a positive relationship between foreign direct investment inflows (FDI) and economic growth, existing empirical evidence on this nexus is inconclusive. In an effort to add to the empirical literature, this paper estimates the relationship...

A growing empirical literature has sought to determine the effects of monetary policy shocks on exchange rates and other important macroeconomic variables. This paper seeks to add to this literature in the area of emerging markets by using the Vector Auto-Regression (VAR) methodology in an...

The hypothesis that financial development promotes economic growth enjoys significant support from empirical evidence drawn from both developed and developing countries alike. However, analogous empirical evidence is still lacking for economies in transition. This article analyses the effects of...

A growing empirical literature has sought to determine the effects of monetary policy shocks on exchange rates and other important macroeconomic variables. This paper seeks to add to this literature in the area of emerging markets by using the Vector Auto-Regression (VAR) methodology in an...

This paper investigates the effects of corruption on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows controlling other relevant determinants using a panel data approach for 45 countries over 1997-2004. Whereas economic theory suggests that corruption should discourage FDI, many notably corrupt countries...

This paper investigates the effects of corruption on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows controlling other relevant determinants using a panel data approach for 45 countries over 1997-2004. Whereas economic theory suggests that corruption should discourage FDI, many notably corrupt countries...