Impact of FDI and Trade Openness on Economic Growth: A Comparative Study of Pakistan and Malaysia

Zaheer Khan Kakar and Bashir Ahmad Khilji
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Zaheer Khan Kakar: National University of Modern Languages Islamabad, Pakistan
Bashir Ahmad Khilji: National University of Modern Languages Islamabad, Pakistan

Theoretical and Applied Economics, 2011, vol. XVIII(2011), issue 11(564), 53-58

Abstract: This paper examines the role of trade openness and foreign direct investment in relation to economic growth for Pakistan and Malaysia for the period 1980-2010. Johansen co-integration test is used to estimate the nature of relationship and Granger causality test is used to determine the direction of causality in the model.

Keywords: trade openness; foreign direct investment; economic growth; co-integration; Granger causality. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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