On the Causal Links between FDI and Growth in Developing Countries
Henrik Hansen and
John Rand
No RP2005-31, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
Abstract:
We analyse the Granger causal relationships between foreign direct investment (FDI) and GDP in a sample of 31 developing countries covering 31 years. Using estimators for heterogeneous panel data we find bi-directional causality between the FDI-to-GDP ratio and the level of GDP. FDI has a lasting impact on GDP, while GDP has no long-run impact on the FDI-to-GDP ratio. In that sense FDI causes growth. Furthermore, in a model for GDP and FDI as a fraction of gross capital formation (GCF) we also find long-run effects from FDI to GDP.
Keywords: Econometric models (Economic development); Foreign investments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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