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Political regime and FDI from advanced to emerging countries
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Abstract We investigate the effect of the political regime on bilateral FDI flows from advanced to emerging countries in the period 1992–2004. We control for country size, per capita income and privatization proceeds in the host country, and use a random-effect Tobit model to exploit information from zero en... view more
We investigate the effect of the political regime on bilateral FDI flows from advanced to emerging countries in the period 1992–2004. We control for country size, per capita income and privatization proceeds in the host country, and use a random-effect Tobit model to exploit information from zero entries. Our results suggest that democracy does have a positive effect on the amount and probability of FDI flows from developed to emerging countries. Moreover, we find that the effect of democracy on FDI also works through the total factor productivity channel, not only the political risk one as suggested in the literature.... view less
Classification
Political System, Constitution, Government
Political Economy
Free Keywords
Foreign direct investment; Political regime; Democracy; Tobit models; F23; P51; P48; C24
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 75-91
Journal
Review of World Economics, 145 (2009) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-009-0004-7
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)