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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Main Author: Kariuki, Caroline Wanjiru
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2544
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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