scholarly journals IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ON EXPORTS OF SELECTIVE SAARC COUNTRIES

Author(s):  
Wajiha Manzoor ◽  
Nabeel Safdar

This study focused on the relationship of environment, energy used and foreign direct investment inflows on exports of selective SAARC countries including Pakistan , Bangladesh , India , Sri Lanka and Nepal from 1980-2018. The results revealed that environment has significant positive impact on exports. Energy has also positive impact on exports except Pakistan and Nepal where results showed negative relationship. The FDI inflow in India and Sri Lanka has not significant impact on exports while other three countries has significant impact on exports of those countries. Overall environment, energy used and foreign direct investment inflows have positive impact on export while controlling the impact of inflation, GDP growth, reserves and domestic credit to private sector in SAARC countries.

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan P. Doh

Purpose The relationship among foreign direct investment, multinationals, inequality and growth is a vexing one that has occupied considerable scholarly and practical attention for many decades. To date, international business scholars have not fully concerned themselves with this issue (Buckley, Doh and Benischke, 2017, for an exception). This paper aims to briefly review this literature and report some of the insights of this work. The author draws from and integrates this literature, concluding that multinationals and the foreign investment that emanate from them have a generally positive impact on growth and a generally negative impact on income and wealth equality. The author then details some of the potential contributions MNEs can make to attenuate the negative relationship of foreign direct investment (FDI) on equality, concluding that governments and their policies are the primary vehicle for addressing wealth and income inequality. Design/methodology/approach This paper is an essay. Findings The relationship between inequality, growth and FDI is complex. On balance, FDI contributes to growth but may exacerbate inequality under some conditions. More research needs to be conducted, and policymakers need to carefully consider these nuanced relationships. Originality/value The paper provides review of the relationship of FDI, growth and inequality.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelkader Nassour ◽  
Saliha Meftah ◽  
Sajid Hussain Mirani

The current political uncertainty, economic problems, permanent religious conflicts, and crisis continue to frustrate investors and hold back potential stabilization. This paper investigates the impact of Political risk on Foreign Direct Investment inflows in three selected MENA countries (Algeria Turkey and Arabia-Saudi) during the period (1984-2017) using the Panel Data model. The Hausman Test confirms that the random effects model is a more appropriate technique for this model to explain the effect of Political Risk on FDI inflows. The results of our study show that: Democratic Accountability and Investment Profile, Law Order have a significant positive impact on FDI inflow. Besides that, another interesting finding of the research is the significant negative relationship between the Military in Politics and FDI. These results are important for policymakers to implement a strategy that would ensure the reduction of the level of political instability related by the indicators of the Corruption and the Military in Politics, in the aim to increase the inflows of FDI in these three selected countries of MENA. Furthermore, the results give a more comprehensive picture for the foreign investors that these selected countries of MENA can be the best host for their investments.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xhavit Islami ◽  
Enis Mulolli ◽  
Nagip Skenderi

This study treats the relationship of foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic development in Kosovo. FDI is considered as an important factor of economic growth of places in development, so rightly the question is asked: “Which is the impact of FDI inflow on economic growth of Kosovo?” This study shows the relationship in between FDI inflow and five macroeconomic indicators that have an important role in economic development of Kosovo such as: GDP, GDP per capita, GNI, Exports, and Balance Trade. The data were taken from World Bank and the statistic agency of Kosovo for 2005 to 2014 period. Pearson Correlation technique was used for empirical analysis that is realized with SPSS v. 21.0 statistical program, the results showed that there is a positive relationship in between FDI inflow and GDP growth, whereas there is a negative relationship of FDI inflow and trade balance of Kosovo. This study arguments what is necessary to be done in leading policies to attract foreign direct investment in Kosovo.


Author(s):  
К. Буневич ◽  
K. Bunevich ◽  
О. Иванова ◽  
O. Ivanova

One of the indicators of the country’s involvement in the global economy is the export of goods and its structure. The degree and nature of changes in export groups of goods may indicate changes in the structure of the economy under the influence of foreign direct investment, which makes it possible to evaluate the positive or negative effects of them. Recently, more and more countries are involved in the process of international capital movement, both as an exporter and as an importer. There are many reasons for the desire of domestic economic entities to export their capital abroad. The subject of this study is economic relations caused by the relationship of foreign direct investment with the structure of Russian exports. The article considers the dynamics of foreign direct investment in the domestic economy. The attractiveness of the Russian economy from the point of view of international ratings of countries is analyzed. An attempt is made to determine the relationship of foreign direct investment with the macroeconomic indicators of the Russian Federation, as well as the structure of foreign direct investment with the structure of Russian exports. The degree of influence of indicators of attracted foreign direct investment and payments for new technologies on changes in the structure of export is determined The impact of FDI on the host economy is different. On the one hand, FDI brings financial resources to the economy with the new technologies that the economy needs. On the other hand, a direct investor invests his money in those sectors of the economy that have a high rate of return, which in turn does not help to solve the problems of the economy and the uneven development of the country’s industries.


2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-24
Author(s):  
Abdul Hadi Ilman

The relationship of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on economic growth is one of the most debatable topic in economic. This study is aiming to investigate the impact of FDI on economic growth in Indonesia. This research using linear regression method which base on time series data from 1981 to 2012. A Major finding is there is no special relationship between FDI and economic growth, both directly and indirectly. Moreover, FDI does crowd-in the domestic investment and is no significance evidence to prove that FDI is more efficient on economic growth than domestic investment.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 76-83
Author(s):  
Rogneda Groznykh ◽  
Oleg Mariev ◽  
Sergey Plotnikov ◽  
Maria Fominykh

This study is devoted to the evaluation and scrutiny of political stability as a determinant of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to different countries. The primary objective of the research is to estimate the impact and influence of various indicators of political stability on foreign direct investment inflows. The analysis is delivered based on a database on cross-country FDI inflows of 66 FDI-importer countries and 98 FDI-exporter countries, in the period between 2001-2018. This article uses the assumption that the impact of political stability might be different for both the groups of developed and developing countries. As the developed economies have higher political stability, they tend to attract larger amounts of foreign direct investment compared to developing economies, where the political situation can be less stable. Furthermore, the estimation applies the gravity approach, while the main method used for the econometric calculations is the Pseudo Poisson Maximum Likelihood (PPML) regression. The outcome revealed that in most cases the indicators of political stability had a positive impact on the foreign direct investment inflows. However, the results are not constant for all groups of countries. Therefore, if a developed country is an importer of investment, then most of the indicators of political stability become significant and have a positive influence on the foreign direct investment. At the same time, if the importer is a developing country, then for the investor-developed economy, political stability becomes a significant factor. Similarly, if the FDI-exporter is a developing economy, then determinants of political stability are insignificant. Based on these results, possible recommendations for refined government policies can be suggested.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 141-145
Author(s):  
Alena D. Galenkova ◽  
Igor M. Drapkin ◽  
Oleg S. Mariev

The aim of this paper is assessing the impact of the effectiveness of the country's institutions on the foreign direct investment inflows in developing countries with the use of econometric modeling. We put forward a hypothesis about the positive impact of institutional factors on the foreign direct investment inflow. The overall influence of institutions is evaluated using the multiplication of the index of economic freedom and the state fragility index, as two indices, most fully characterizing the disjoint groups of the institutions. To achieve the main goal of the study, we accomplish the econometric modeling based on data from the World Bank, the Heritage Foundation and the Fund for Peace from 1995 to 2015. As the main tool of econometric analysis, a panel regression with fixed effects is used and the technique of a two-step least-squares regression analysis method with instrumental variables is used to solve a possible endogeneity problem in the model. As a result of the study, an assessment of the overall impact of institutional factors through the composition of indices was carried out and a hypothesis about the positive impact of institutional factors on the inflow of foreign direct investment in developing countries was confirmed.


Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 3470
Author(s):  
Xueqing Kang ◽  
Farman Ullah Khan ◽  
Raza Ullah ◽  
Muhammad Arif ◽  
Shams Ur Rehman ◽  
...  

In selected South Asian countries, the study intends to investigate the relationship between urban population (UP), carbon dioxide (CO2), trade openness (TO), gross domestic product (GDP), foreign direct investment (FDI), and renewable energy (RE). Fully modified ordinary least square (FMOLS) and dynamic ordinary least square (DOLS) models for estimation were used in the study, which covered yearly data from 1990 to 2019. We used Levin–Lin–Chu, Im–Pesaran–Shin, and Fisher PP tests for the stationarity of the variables. The outcomes of the panel cointegration approach looked at whether there was a long-run equilibrium nexus between selected variables in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka. The FMOLS approach was also used to assess the relationship, and the results suggest that there is a significant and negative nexus between FDI and renewable energy in south Asian nations. The study’s findings reveal a strong and favorable relationship between GDP and renewable energy use. In South Asian nations (Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh), the FMOLS and DOLS findings are nearly identical, but the authors used the DOLS model for robustification. According to the findings, policymakers in South Asian economies (Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh) should view GDP and FDI as fundamental policy instruments for environmental sustainability. To reduce reliance on hazardous energy sources, the government should also reassure financial sectors to participate in renewable energy.


2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-75
Author(s):  
Tomasz M. Napiórkowski

Abstract The aim of this research is to asses the hypothesis that foreign direct investment (FDI) and international trade have had a positive impact on innovation in one of the most significant economies in the world, the United States (U.S.). To do so, the author used annual data from 1995 to 2010 to build a set of econometric models. In each model, 11 in total) the number of patent applications by U.S. residents is regressed on inward FDI stock, exports and imports of the economy as a collective, and in each of the 10 SITC groups separately. Although the topic of FDI is widely covered in the literature, there are still disagreements when it comes to the impact of foreign direct investment on the host economy [McGrattan, 2011]. To partially address this gap, this research approaches the host economy not only as an aggregate, but also as a sum of its components (i.e., SITC groups), which to the knowledge of this author has not yet been done on the innovation-FDI-trade plane, especially for the U.S. Unfortunately, the study suffers from the lack of available data. For example, the number of patents and other used variables is reported in the aggregate and not for each SITC groups (e.g., trade). As a result, our conclusions regarding exports and imports in a specific SITC category (and the total) impact innovation in the U.S. is reported in the aggregate. General notions found in the literature are first shown and discussed. Second, the dynamics of innovation, trade and inward FDI stock in the U.S. are presented. Third, the main portion of the work, i.e. the econometric study, takes place, leading to several policy applications and conclusions.


Author(s):  
Zulfiqar Ahmed Iqbal ◽  
Ghulam Abid ◽  
Muhammad Arshad ◽  
Fouzia Ashfaq ◽  
Muhammad Ahsan Athar ◽  
...  

This study empirically investigates the less discussed catalytic effect of personality in the relationship of leadership style and employee thriving at work. The growth and sustainability of the organization is linked with the association of leadership style and employee thriving at the worplace. The objectives of this study are to explore the impact of authoritative and laissez-faire leadership styles and the moderating role of the personality trait of conscientiousness on thriving in the workplace. A sample of 312 participants was taken from a leading school system with its branches in Lahore and Islamabad, Pakistan. The participants either worked as managers, teachers in headquarters, or school campuses, respectively. The regression results of the study show that authoritative leadership and conscientiousness have a significantly positive impact on thriving at work. Furthermore, conscientiousness moderates the relationship between laissez-faire style of leadership and thriving at work relationship. The findings of this study have theoretical implications for authoritative and laissez-faire leadership, employee conscientiousness, and managerial applications for the practitioners.


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