Economic growth and FDI inflows:a stochastic frontier analysis

Albert Wijeweera, Renato Villano and Brian Dollery ()

Journal of Developing Areas, 2010, vol. 43, issue 2, 143-158

Abstract: Despite plausible theoretical grounds for presuming a positive relationship between foreign direct investment inflows (FDI) and economic growth, existing empirical evidence on this nexus is inconclusive. In an effort to add to the empirical literature, this paper estimates the relationship between FDI and the rate of growth of GDP using a stochastic frontier model and employing panel data covering 45 countries over the period 1997 to 2004. We find that FDI inflows exert a positive impact on economic growth only in the presence of a highly skilled labour; corruption has a negative impact on economic growth; and trade openness increases economic growth by means of efficiency gains.

Keywords: Economic growth; foreign direct investment inflows (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 F21 F23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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