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AuthorAl-Khouri, Ritab
Available date2016-05-26T12:20:03Z
Publication Date2014
Publication NameInternational Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies
ResourceScopus
CitationAl-Khouri, R. "The current assessment of foreign direct investment in the Middle East and North African region" (2014) International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, 7 (4), pp. 410-423.
ISSN1752-0452
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJEPEE.2014.066651
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/4584
AbstractThis research aims to assess the growth and the current status of foreign direct investment (FDI) in a sample of 16 Middle East and North African (MENA) countries over the period 1984-2011. Our goal is to give some insight on the importance of the different factors affecting foreign direct investment (FDI). To reach our goals, we will examine the growth of FDI over time in the MENA region as compared to that of other regions. Second, we will determine the most important factors that promote FDI to the region. Our empirical results reveal the instrumental factors that help to promote FDI in the area. We find that the lag in GDP, market size, and political risk have a positive and direct effect on FDI while financial risk has a negative effect on FDI. FDI motives, however, vary greatly among oil-rich resource countries and the non-rich resource countries in the MENA region.
Languageen
PublisherInderscience Publishers
SubjectAfrica
Financial risk
Fixed effect model
Foreign direct investment
Market size
Middle East and North African
Political risk
Random effect models (REM)
Trade openness
TitleThe current assessment of foreign direct investment in the Middle East and North African region
TypeArticle
Pagination410-423
Issue Number4
Volume Number7
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