Erschienen in:African Governance and Development Institute Working Paper ; No. 15/003
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1 Online-Ressource (24 p)
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.2563769
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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments February 11, 2015 erstellt
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This paper examines FDI determinants in the BRICS and MINT throughout the conditional distributions of FDI for the period 2001-2011. An instrumental variable quantile regression estimation strategy is employed based on the intuition that, the determinants are contingent on initial or existing FDI levels. The following are some of the findings established. First, FDI benefits of GDP growth are more apparent in nations with higher initial levels of FDI. Second, real GDP output would more positively influence FDI in countries where initial levels of FDI are higher. Hence, the market-seeking purposes increases FDI with a larger magnitude in Higher FDI countries. Third, the impact of trade openness has a Kuznets shape for Gross FDI and increasing tendency for Net FDI. The impact of political stability is only significant for Gross FDI in increasing order