Determinants of outward FDI in developing countries

This paper investigates the determinants of outward FDI in developing countries from home macroeconomics perspective. The study involves 7 developing countries and 3 emerging economies with time span covers from 1980 to 2010. The macroeconomic variables considered in this study are economic developm...

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Main Authors: Chen, Jen Eem, Lee, Chin, Law, Siong Hook, Wan Ngah, Wan Azman Saini
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31953/1/31953.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.319532016-10-07T01:32:31Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31953/ Determinants of outward FDI in developing countries Chen, Jen Eem Lee, Chin Law, Siong Hook Wan Ngah, Wan Azman Saini This paper investigates the determinants of outward FDI in developing countries from home macroeconomics perspective. The study involves 7 developing countries and 3 emerging economies with time span covers from 1980 to 2010. The macroeconomic variables considered in this study are economic development, inward FDI, and trade openness. The findings reveal that economic development has a positive and significant relationship with outward FDI in the long-run. In the mean time, inward FDI is positively and significantly associated with outward FDI in the short-run. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31953/1/31953.pdf Chen, Jen Eem and Lee, Chin and Law, Siong Hook and Wan Ngah, Wan Azman Saini (2012) Determinants of outward FDI in developing countries. In: 2nd International Conference on Accounting, Business and Economics (ICABE2012), 10-11 Nov. 2012, MS Garden Hotel, Kuantan Pahang, Malaysia. (pp. 74-78).
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description This paper investigates the determinants of outward FDI in developing countries from home macroeconomics perspective. The study involves 7 developing countries and 3 emerging economies with time span covers from 1980 to 2010. The macroeconomic variables considered in this study are economic development, inward FDI, and trade openness. The findings reveal that economic development has a positive and significant relationship with outward FDI in the long-run. In the mean time, inward FDI is positively and significantly associated with outward FDI in the short-run.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Chen, Jen Eem
Lee, Chin
Law, Siong Hook
Wan Ngah, Wan Azman Saini
spellingShingle Chen, Jen Eem
Lee, Chin
Law, Siong Hook
Wan Ngah, Wan Azman Saini
Determinants of outward FDI in developing countries
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Lee, Chin
Law, Siong Hook
Wan Ngah, Wan Azman Saini
author_sort Chen, Jen Eem
title Determinants of outward FDI in developing countries
title_short Determinants of outward FDI in developing countries
title_full Determinants of outward FDI in developing countries
title_fullStr Determinants of outward FDI in developing countries
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of outward FDI in developing countries
title_sort determinants of outward fdi in developing countries
publishDate 2012
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31953/1/31953.pdf
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