This research aims to analyze the determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 31 Asian countries in 2002 - 2017. The determinant variables of FDI are political stability, inflation rate, trade openness, exchange rate, market size and interest rate. This study uses the Generalized Method...

This research aims to analyze the determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 31 Asian countries in 2002-2017. The determinant variables of FDI are political stability, inflation rate, trade openness, exchange rate, market size and interest rate. This study uses the Generalized Method of...

This paper examines the role of country-specific sources of output and interest rate or exchange rate volatility in driving FDI activities. Building on a dataset with bilateral FDI flows among 24 OECD economies over the period 1985-2007, we find that nominal and real volatility strongly deter...

The purpose of this study is to find the effect of the exchange rate, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), inflation, and the interest rate on Domestic Direct Investment (DDI) in Indonesia. This study uses multiple linear regression models and simple regression in the forms of semi-logarithmic. The...

There have been rising concerns about the sluggish recovery of domestic corporate investment. As one of the factors in the national account, corporate investment affects the current economic status by creating jobs, increasing income, and thus stimulating consumption. Also, it affects potential...

We document that 20% of Compustat firms have above-median investment rates despite having below-median marginal product of capital (MPK), seemingly "misallocating" productive resources. These firms are typically younger and significantly more likely to experience a substantial upward jump in...

The paper examines the effects of trade openness, particularly, import openness and FDI inflows on life expectancy in Nigeria using annual time series data spanning the period from 1981 to 2017. The methodology involves the ARDL approach to co-integration and error correction modeling. The...

This paper links the foreign economic engagement of India's states with the literature on federalism, thereby contributing to an understanding of the political economy of FDI inflows in a parliamentary federal system. More specifically, it studies subnational governments' international...