Artículo
Foreign direct investment in oil-abundant countries: The role of institutions
Autor/es | Carril Caccia, Federico
Milgram Baleix, Juliette Paniagua, Jordi |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Análisis Económico y Economía Política |
Fecha de publicación | 2019-04-23 |
Fecha de depósito | 2019-07-08 |
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Resumen | The present work reassesses the impact of good governance and democracy on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in oil-abundant countries. To this end, we estimate the effect of host countries’ institutions on greenfield FDI, ... The present work reassesses the impact of good governance and democracy on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in oil-abundant countries. To this end, we estimate the effect of host countries’ institutions on greenfield FDI, using a gravity equation for a dataset that covers 182 countries during 2003-2012. Our findings confirm that compliance to rule of law, lack of corruption, political stability and democracy could boost new FDI links through the extensive margin. Our results could not rule out the “oil curse”, meaning that oil producers attract fewer new greenfield projects than similar countries without oil. Unlike other studies, we show that the impact of institutions is not necessarily undermined by the presence of natural resources. |
Identificador del proyecto | SEJ 340
FEM41-07 ECO2015-68057-R GV/2017/052 |
Cita | Carril Caccia, F., Milgram Baleix, J. y Paniagua, J. (2019). Foreign direct investment in oil-abundant countries: The role of institutions. Plos One, 14 (4), e0215650-1-e0215650-23. |
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