Macroeconomic Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows and Impulse Response Function

Mahmud A. Mansaray

International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2017, vol. 7, issue 10, 187-219

Abstract: The purpose of the contemporary research was the examination of macroeconomic determinants of foreign direct investment inflows into post-conflict Sierra Leone for the period, 2002-2015, and whether the determinants have a long-run and short-run association with FDI. A complementary exploration was the likely impulse response effect on FDI and GDP of a shock to FDI. The research method was quantitative, applying time series data with 56 observations and 6 variables. Applying the Phillips-Ouliaris cointegration model, the results indicated a statistically significant long-run relationship between FDI inflows and its determinants (Rho = -17.064, Tau = -2.996, p

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Applied Econometrics; Macroeconomic Determinants; impulse Response Function; and Real Interest Rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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