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Aid, infrastructure, and FDI : assessing the transmission channel with a new index of infrastructure
Donaubauer, Julian; Meyer, Birgit; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2015
We raise the hypothesis that aid specifically targeted at economic infrastructure helps developing countries attract … higher FDI inflows through improving their endowment with infrastructure in transportation, communication, energy and finance … allocation of sector-specific aid, the determinants of infrastructure, and the determinants of FDI. We find fairly strong and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374057
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Aid, infrastructure, and FDI : assessing the transmission channel with a new index of infrastructure
Donaubauer, Julian; Meyer, Birgit; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2014
We raise the hypothesis that aid specifically targeted at economic infrastructure helps developing countries attract … higher FDI inflows through improving their endowment with infrastructure in transportation, communication, energy and finance … allocation of sector-specific aid, the determinants of infrastructure, and the determinants of FDI. We find fairly strong and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010394325
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Aid, infrastructure, and FDI : assessing the transmission channel with a new index of infrastructure
Donaubauer, Julian; Meyer, Birgit; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283137
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Aid, infrastructure, and FDI : assessing the transmission channel with a new index of infrastructure
Donaubauer, Julian; Meyer, Birgit; Nunnenkamp, Peter - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 78 (2016), pp. 230-245
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Does aid for education attract foreign investors? : an empirical analysis for Latin America
Donaubauer, Julian; Herzer, Dierk; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2013
We address the question of whether foreign aid helps attract foreign direct investment (FDI). This could be achieved if well targeted aid removed critical impediments to higher FDI inflows. In particular, we test the hypothesis that aid for education is an effective means to increase FDI flows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343899
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Nexus between Doing Business Indicators and Foreign Direct Investment for Zimbabwe : A Time Series Analysis
Mahuni, Kenneth - 2018
For many developing nations, foreign direct investment inflows remain crucial for economic development. The levels of FDI inflows in Zimbabwe, have remained relatively low as compared to other developing nations. The study seeks to analyse the impact of various Ease of Doing Business Indicators...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012934575
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Aid, governance, and private foreign investment : some puzzling findings and a possible explanation
Harms, Philipp; Lutz, Matthias G. - 2003
Does official aid pave the road for private foreign investment or does it suffocate private initiative by diverting resources towards unproductive activities? In this paper we explore this question using data for a large number of developing and emerging economies. Controlling for countries'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397707
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Foreign capital inflow and economic growth in Cameroon
Fambon, Samuel - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to capture the impact of foreign capital inflows (which include foreign aid and foreign direct investment) on economic growth in Cameroon. Using the autoregressive distributive lag approach to cointegration and time-series data for the period 1980 - 2008, the results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010200368
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The effects of trade, aid, and investment on China's image in developing countries
Eichenauer, Vera; Fuchs, Andreas; Brückner, Lutz - 2018 - This version: March 2018
One goal of China's Go Out policy is to create goodwill in countries around the world. At the same time, China's growing economic engagement has provoked much criticism. This paper is the first to study whether these activities change the attitudes of individuals in developing countries towards...
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Foreign aid, foreign direct investment and economic growth in ECOWAS countries : are there diminishing returns in the aid- growth nexus?
Ozekhome, Hassan O. - In: West African journal of monetary and economic integration 17 (2017) 1, pp. 61-84
This paper investigates the impact of foreign aid and foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region, and whether diminishing returns occur in the aid-growth nexus, for the period 2000-2015, employing the Generalized Method of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013348338