ABSTRACTThis study examines the role of political risk in deterring China’s trade flowwith her 132 trading partners with particular attention to the Associationof Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Middle East and North African(MENA) countries for 1984-2015 in the Belt Road Initiative...

Purpose – In today’s increasingly globalized world, foreign direct investment (FDI) is a hotbed for discussion. Numerous studies have been undertaken regarding FDI, its determinants and benefits, but very few works provide importance to the effect of political risk on the inflow of FDI. Some...