WHAT DETERMINES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES?: A PANEL DATA ANALYSIS

Salih Simsek, Fuat Sekmen and Mehmet Zeki Ak

Applied Econometrics and International Development, 2010, vol. 10, issue 2

Abstract: This study examines that why developing countries attract different amount of direct investment. Thus, the paper considers many different factors, such as economic, politic, and socio-cultural factors. The paper firstly uses Levin, Lin and Chu (2002) tests in order to if series have unit roots or not. The study takes into account of the period of 1996-2006 and 26 developing countries by using panel study and uses nine different independent variables. These are: Real GDP growth, current account deficit, inflation, openness, labor productivity, economic freedom, political right, corruption, economic integration. The study concludes that these variables affect foreign direct investment for developing countries.

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Developing Countries; Panel Data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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