The Effect of COVID-19 on Foreign Direct Investment

Hyun-Hoon Lee, Kazunobu Hayakawa and Cyn-Young Park ()

Global Economic Review, 2023, vol. 52, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: This study empirically examines how the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has impacted foreign direct investment (FDI), using the quarterly data on bilateral FDI flows from 173 home to 192 host economies from the first quarter of 2019 to the second quarter of 2021. The severity of COVID-19 in host economies adversely affected FDI in the manufacturing sector regardless of the entry mode, but the effect of home economies’ COVID-19 situation on FDI was insignificant. On the other hand, in the services sector, the severity of COVID-19 in both host and home economies has significantly negative impact on greenfield FDI, not on cross-border M&A.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/1226508X.2023.2171459

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