The determinants of foreign direct investment in African countries
This research examines the significance of economic risk, financial risk, political risk, commodity price index performance, world stock market index performance, gross fixed capital formation, openness to trade, and the availability of a stock market in a host country in influencing FDI flows into...
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Curtin University
2014
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| author | Kariuki, Caroline Wanjiru |
| author_facet | Kariuki, Caroline Wanjiru |
| author_sort | Kariuki, Caroline Wanjiru |
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| description | This research examines the significance of economic risk, financial risk, political risk, commodity price index performance, world stock market index performance, gross fixed capital formation, openness to trade, and the availability of a stock market in a host country in influencing FDI flows into African countries. Thirty five countries are included in this research, which uses panel data analysis. Annual data are used with a time period of 27 years. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-25442017-02-20T06:38:21Z The determinants of foreign direct investment in African countries Kariuki, Caroline Wanjiru This research examines the significance of economic risk, financial risk, political risk, commodity price index performance, world stock market index performance, gross fixed capital formation, openness to trade, and the availability of a stock market in a host country in influencing FDI flows into African countries. Thirty five countries are included in this research, which uses panel data analysis. Annual data are used with a time period of 27 years. 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2544 en Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Kariuki, Caroline Wanjiru The determinants of foreign direct investment in African countries |
| title | The determinants of foreign direct investment in African countries |
| title_full | The determinants of foreign direct investment in African countries |
| title_fullStr | The determinants of foreign direct investment in African countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | The determinants of foreign direct investment in African countries |
| title_short | The determinants of foreign direct investment in African countries |
| title_sort | determinants of foreign direct investment in african countries |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2544 |