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Determinants of, and the Relation Between, Foreign Direct Investment and Growth: A Summary of the Recent Literature

By Ewe-Ghee Lim

November 1, 2001

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Ewe-Ghee Lim. Determinants of, and the Relation Between, Foreign Direct Investment and Growth: A Summary of the Recent Literature, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2001) accessed November 21, 2024
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This paper summarizes recent arguments/findings on two aspects of foreign direct investment (FDI): its correlation with economic growth and its determinants. The first part focuses on recent literature regarding positive spillovers from FDI while the second deals with the determinants of FDI. The paper finds that while substantial support exists for positive spillovers from FDI, there is no consensus on causality. On determinants, the paper finds that market size, infrastructure quality, political/economic stability, and free trade zones are important for FDI, while results are mixed regarding the importance of fiscal incentives, the business/investment climate, labor costs, and openness.

Subject: Balance of payments, Economic sectors, Exports, Financial sector policy and analysis, Foreign corporations, Foreign direct investment, International trade, Labor costs, Spillovers, Tax incentives, Taxes

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Determinants, Economic growth, Efficiency spillover, Exports, Factor cost, FDI inflow, FDI investor, FDI policy, Foreign corporations, Foreign direct investment, Global, Growth contribution, Horizontal FDI, Parent firm, Production cost, Spillovers, Tax incentives, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    28

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2001/175

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA1752001

  • ISBN:

    9781451858754

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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