Sectoral Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Host Country Economic Growth: Evidence from Emerging Countries

In this paper, I study the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on a group of host country economic growth for the period 1994-2011. Using aggregate level FDI data for a group of five emerging countries, the paper reveals that FDI has a positive effect on economic growth. Then I use sectoral da...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rahimov, Vugar
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Nationalekonomiska institutionen 2013
Subjects:
FDI
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-207410