Foreign direct investment and economic growth:Empirical study in the BRIC countries

The capital flows such as direct and portfolio flows has significant impact to countries economic growth. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has huge influence in create healthy financial markets with the positive impact towards the economic growth. The size of the capital flows become critical issu...

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Main Author: Ling, Foo Sien
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2013
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9321/
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description The capital flows such as direct and portfolio flows has significant impact to countries economic growth. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has huge influence in create healthy financial markets with the positive impact towards the economic growth. The size of the capital flows become critical issues especially at the time liberalizing the capital account. The study attempts to examine empirically FDI and economic growth in the Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) countries. By using annual time series data for the period 1980 to 2011, FDI is positively affecting the economic growth direct contribution. The empirical analysis shows that FDI plays unambiguous role in contributing to economic growth in BRIC countries.
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spelling unimas-93212023-03-01T08:06:21Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9321/ Foreign direct investment and economic growth:Empirical study in the BRIC countries Ling, Foo Sien HB Economic Theory HF Commerce HG Finance The capital flows such as direct and portfolio flows has significant impact to countries economic growth. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has huge influence in create healthy financial markets with the positive impact towards the economic growth. The size of the capital flows become critical issues especially at the time liberalizing the capital account. The study attempts to examine empirically FDI and economic growth in the Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) countries. By using annual time series data for the period 1980 to 2011, FDI is positively affecting the economic growth direct contribution. The empirical analysis shows that FDI plays unambiguous role in contributing to economic growth in BRIC countries. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2013 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9321/2/Ling%20Foo%20Sien.pdf Ling, Foo Sien (2013) Foreign direct investment and economic growth:Empirical study in the BRIC countries. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS).
spellingShingle HB Economic Theory
HF Commerce
HG Finance
Ling, Foo Sien
Foreign direct investment and economic growth:Empirical study in the BRIC countries
title Foreign direct investment and economic growth:Empirical study in the BRIC countries
title_full Foreign direct investment and economic growth:Empirical study in the BRIC countries
title_fullStr Foreign direct investment and economic growth:Empirical study in the BRIC countries
title_full_unstemmed Foreign direct investment and economic growth:Empirical study in the BRIC countries
title_short Foreign direct investment and economic growth:Empirical study in the BRIC countries
title_sort foreign direct investment and economic growth:empirical study in the bric countries
topic HB Economic Theory
HF Commerce
HG Finance
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9321/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9321/2/Ling%20Foo%20Sien.pdf