Trade openness, foreign direct investment, and finance-growth nexus in the Eurozone countries

Rudra P. Pradhan, Mak Arvin, John H. Hall and Mahendhiran Nair

The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2017, vol. 26, issue 3, 336-360

Abstract: The paper investigates causal relationships between trade openness, foreign direct investment, financial development, and economic growth in 19 Eurozone countries over the period 1988–2013. Using a panel vector error-correction model (VECM), the empirical results show that these variables are cointegrated. The study shows that a combination of opening the Eurozone countries for trade and fostering their financial and economic development have elevated inflows of foreign direct investment into the region in the long run. At the same time, increasing inflows of foreign direct investment in the short run have propelled economic growth, which in return has strengthened the role of financial development and international trade to sustain economic growth in the region through feedback effects. The empirical results have important policy implications for countries in the Eurozone, especially those who face challenges as a result of lack of confidence in their financial system and those who face a sovereign debt crisis.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/09638199.2016.1249392

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