FDI Spillovers, Financial Markets, and Economic Development

By Selin Sayek, Laura Alfaro, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan

September 1, 2003

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Selin Sayek, Laura Alfaro, Areendam Chanda, and Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan. FDI Spillovers, Financial Markets, and Economic Development, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2003) accessed November 21, 2024

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Summary

This paper examines the role financial markets play in the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic development. We model an economy with a continuum of agents indexed by their level of ability. Agents can either work for the foreign company or undertake entrepreneurial activities, which are subject to a fixed cost. Better financial markets allow agents to take advantage of knowledge spillovers from FDI, magnifying the output effects of FDI. Empirically, we show that well-developed financial markets allow significant gains from FDI, while FDI alone plays an ambiguous role in contributing to development.

Subject: Balance of payments, Economic sectors, Financial markets, Financial sector, Financial sector development, Foreign corporations, Foreign direct investment, Stock markets

Keywords: Africa, Central bank, Economic growth, Entrepreneurial activity, FDI enterprise, FDI flow, FDI sector, FDI share, Financial markets, Financial sector, Financial sector development, Foreign corporations, Foreign direct investment, Net FDI inflow, Stock markets, Sub-Saharan Africa, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

32
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Working Paper No. 2003/186
Stock No:

WPIEA1862003
ISBN:

9781451859485
ISSN:

1018-5941

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