What determines FDI inflow to MENA countries? Empirical study on Gulf countries: Sectoral level analysis

Mohamed Elheddad

Research in International Business and Finance, 2018, vol. 44, issue C, 332-339

Abstract: •This study investigates Natural resource-FDI curse hypothesis.•Natural resources have a negative impact on total FDI inflows in GCC countries.•Natural resources generate greater impact on resource FDI than non-resource FDI in GCC.•Corruption has positive effect on resource FDI in GCC.

Keywords: FDI; Resource curse; Natural resources; Dynamic panel data; Endogeneity issue; MENA countries; GCC (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 C33 F21 N5 Q3 Q33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2017.07.101

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