Outward foreign direct investment and domestic output: evidence from East Asian economies

This study evaluates the impact of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic output of East Asian economies. It focuses on FDI from eight East Asian economies to Japan, the United States and United Kingdom. The analyses are carried out using annual data at both aggregate and disaggregate...

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Main Authors: Morteza Kazemi, W.N.W. Azman-Saini, Naseem N.A.M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19643/
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author Morteza Kazemi,
W.N.W. Azman-Saini,
Naseem N.A.M,
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W.N.W. Azman-Saini,
Naseem N.A.M,
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description This study evaluates the impact of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic output of East Asian economies. It focuses on FDI from eight East Asian economies to Japan, the United States and United Kingdom. The analyses are carried out using annual data at both aggregate and disaggregate level for the 1981-2010 period. The result using aggregate data reveal that there is no evidence to support the idea that outward FDI is growth-enhancing. However, the results based on disaggregate data shows that only outward FDI to the United States are found to benefit East Asian economies. Meanwhile, investments in Japan and the United Kingdom do not appear to have any positive impact. These findings suggest that locational decision for outward FDI is critically important as not all destinations will bring positive benefits for the source countries.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:196432022-09-08T08:09:47Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19643/ Outward foreign direct investment and domestic output: evidence from East Asian economies Morteza Kazemi, W.N.W. Azman-Saini, Naseem N.A.M, This study evaluates the impact of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic output of East Asian economies. It focuses on FDI from eight East Asian economies to Japan, the United States and United Kingdom. The analyses are carried out using annual data at both aggregate and disaggregate level for the 1981-2010 period. The result using aggregate data reveal that there is no evidence to support the idea that outward FDI is growth-enhancing. However, the results based on disaggregate data shows that only outward FDI to the United States are found to benefit East Asian economies. Meanwhile, investments in Japan and the United Kingdom do not appear to have any positive impact. These findings suggest that locational decision for outward FDI is critically important as not all destinations will bring positive benefits for the source countries. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19643/1/jeko_521-24.pdf Morteza Kazemi, and W.N.W. Azman-Saini, and Naseem N.A.M, (2018) Outward foreign direct investment and domestic output: evidence from East Asian economies. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 52 (1). pp. 297-309. ISSN 0127-1962 https://www.ukm.my/jem/issue/v52i1/
spellingShingle Morteza Kazemi,
W.N.W. Azman-Saini,
Naseem N.A.M,
Outward foreign direct investment and domestic output: evidence from East Asian economies
title Outward foreign direct investment and domestic output: evidence from East Asian economies
title_full Outward foreign direct investment and domestic output: evidence from East Asian economies
title_fullStr Outward foreign direct investment and domestic output: evidence from East Asian economies
title_full_unstemmed Outward foreign direct investment and domestic output: evidence from East Asian economies
title_short Outward foreign direct investment and domestic output: evidence from East Asian economies
title_sort outward foreign direct investment and domestic output: evidence from east asian economies
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19643/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19643/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19643/1/jeko_521-24.pdf