Foreign direct investment is an important topic in economic research. FDI occurs when a firm invests in a foreign country. The purpose of this thesis is to empirically analyze the effects of FDI on the economic growth of the selected sample of twenty-one OECD countries. The thesis is based on a theoretical model of cross-country regressions and a panel data technique methodology was followed. The results of the time-period 1998-2017, show a direct positive impact of FDI on GDP per capita growth, namely economic growth. Moreover, it was found a lack of complementarity between FDI inflows and human capital, and a negative dependency between FDI inflows and institutions such as private sector credit.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hj-44329 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Hashi, Mohamed, Ericsson, William |
| Publisher | Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Nationalekonomi, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Nationalekonomi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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