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The growth-differential effects of domestic investment and foreign direct investment in Africa
Ijirshar, Victor U.; Anjande, Gbatsoron; Fefa, Joseph; … - In: CBN journal of applied statistics 10 (2019) 2, pp. 139-167
-differential effects of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Domestic Investment (DI) among 41 selected African countries from 1970 to 2017 … is significant difference in the growth effects of foreign direct investment and domestic investment while the joint … effects of foreign direct investment and domestic investment on growth of African countries is found to be statistically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012178170
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Differential effects of trade on economic growth and investment : a cross-country empirical investigation
Were, Maureen - In: Journal of African trade : official journal of the … 2 (2015) 1/2, pp. 71-85
The paper empirically examines the differential effects of trade on economic growth and investment based on cross … direct investment (FDI) across all country groups including LDCs, as well as domestic investment in both developing countries …, particularly via the investment channel, is an avenue through which LDCs, including African countries, can adopt new technologies …
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Growth and project finance in the least developed countries
Funding La Cour, Lisbeth; Müller, Jennifer - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 7 (2014) 2, pp. 77-103
This article examines the effects of project finance on economic growth in the least developed countries (LDC). Inspired by the neoclassical growth model we set up an econometric model to estimate the effects of project finance for a sample consisting of 38 of the least developed countries using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010459776
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Legal Institutions, Sectoral Heterogeneity, and Economic Development
Clementi, Gian Luca - 2008
A large body of evidence suggests that poor countries tend to invest less (have lower PPP - adjusted investment rates …) and to face higher relative prices of investment goods. It has been suggested that this happens either because these … countries have lower TFP in the investment - good producing sectors, or because they are subject to greater investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012727281
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The relationship between long-term portfolio investments and growth in the context of asset characteristics and development level
Sugozu, Ibrahim Halil; Yasar, Sema; Verberi, Can - In: Borsa Istanbul Review 23 (2023) 1, pp. 34-43
This study investigates the linkage between portfolio investment and economic growth in 18 developed and 27 developing … level. The results of our analysis show that long-term portfolio investment is positively associated with economic growth in … developing countries. Long-term portfolio investment through non-interest-bearing assets contribute more to economic growth in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014307374
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An FDI is an FDI is an FDI? : the growth effects of greenfield investment and mergers and acquisitions in developing countries
Harms, Philipp; Méon, Pierre-Guillaume - 2011 - This version: November 15, 2011
We explore the effect of foreign direct investment on economic growth in developing countries, distinguishing between … mergers and acquisitions ("M&As") and "greenfield" investment. A simple model captures the key difference between the two … types of FDI: unlike greenfield investment, M&As partly represent a rent accruing to previous owners, and do not necessarily …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009376718
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Growth E ffect of FDI in Developing Economies : The Role of Institutional Quality
Jude, Cristina - 2015
This paper investigates the effect of FDI on economic growth conditional on the institutional quality of host countries. As we consider institutional heterogeneity to be an explanation for the mixed results of previous empirical studies, we develop several arguments to show that institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013033984
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Growth Effect of FDI in Developing Economies : The Role of Institutional Quality
Jude, Cristina - 2015
This paper investigates the effect of FDI on economic growth conditional on the institutional quality of host countries. We first develop several theoretical arguments to show that institutional heterogeneity may be an explanation for the mixed results of previous empirical studies. Second,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013020803
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FDI and Growth : What Cross-Country Industry Data Say
Cipollina, Maria; Giovannetti, Giorgia; Pietrovito, Filomena - 2011
countries, where the growth enhancing promotion of foreign investment in capital intensive and technologically advanced sectors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014177258
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FDI and Growth : What Cross-Country Industry Data Say
Cipollina, Maria - 2011
countries, where the growth enhancing promotion of foreign investment in capital intensive and technologically advanced sectors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125437