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Foreign direct investment,trade openness,and economic growth: empirical evidence from Thailand

In recent years, the Thailand’s economy has become more open to foreign trade as well as foreign direct investment(FDI). Thus the main objective of this study is to examine whether FDI and international trade have positively contributed to the economic growth of Thailand. The results of the Granger...

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Main Authors: Yusoff, Mohammed, Nuh, Ruslee
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spelling my.iium.irep.436762017-11-09T03:57:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43676/ Foreign direct investment,trade openness,and economic growth: empirical evidence from Thailand Yusoff, Mohammed Nuh, Ruslee HF3000 By region or country In recent years, the Thailand’s economy has become more open to foreign trade as well as foreign direct investment(FDI). Thus the main objective of this study is to examine whether FDI and international trade have positively contributed to the economic growth of Thailand. The results of the Granger causality tests indicate that they are indeed important determinants of growth in Thailand. This suggests that policy makers in Thailand should liberalize its economy to encourage foreign trade and foreign direct investment inflows to achieve a sustained high economic growth. Sage Publications 2015-05 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43676/1/Trade_open_FDI_GDI_growth_in_Thailand.pdf Yusoff, Mohammed and Nuh, Ruslee (2015) Foreign direct investment,trade openness,and economic growth: empirical evidence from Thailand. Foreign Trade Review , 50 (2). pp. 73-84. ISSN 0015-7325 http://ftr.sagepub.com
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Foreign direct investment,trade openness,and economic growth: empirical evidence from Thailand
description In recent years, the Thailand’s economy has become more open to foreign trade as well as foreign direct investment(FDI). Thus the main objective of this study is to examine whether FDI and international trade have positively contributed to the economic growth of Thailand. The results of the Granger causality tests indicate that they are indeed important determinants of growth in Thailand. This suggests that policy makers in Thailand should liberalize its economy to encourage foreign trade and foreign direct investment inflows to achieve a sustained high economic growth.
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title Foreign direct investment,trade openness,and economic growth: empirical evidence from Thailand
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title_full Foreign direct investment,trade openness,and economic growth: empirical evidence from Thailand
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title_full_unstemmed Foreign direct investment,trade openness,and economic growth: empirical evidence from Thailand
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publisher Sage Publications
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url http://irep.iium.edu.my/43676/1/Trade_open_FDI_GDI_growth_in_Thailand.pdf
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