The impact of financial development and corruption on foreign direct investment in developing countries
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DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.19(2).2022.18
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Article InfoVolume 19 2022, Issue #2, pp. 211-220
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Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into developing countries play an important role in the dynamics of economic growth. Meanwhile, financial development (FDV) and corruption have been considered a determinant of FDI. Therefore, this study aims to assess the effect of FDV and corruption on FDI in developing countries. In addition, this study explores the combined impact of FDV and corruption on FDI. Furthermore, the data for 108 developing countries were collected from the World Development Indicators (WDI) of the World Bank from 1993 to 2017. The results showed that FDV has a positive and significant effect on FDI, while corruption does not have a statistically significant impact. This demonstrates that FDV has contributed to the growth of foreign investment and the important sources of financing for developing countries. However, the interaction between FDV and corruption has a negative effect on FDI. This implies that FDV followed by an increase in corruption tends to reduce FDI inflows. These results encourage policymakers to address issues regarding the joint impact of FDV and corruption on FDI in developing countries.
Acknowledgment
The authors would like to express their gratitude to three anonymous reviewers and seminar participants at Mulawarman University for their insightful comments.
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JEL Classification (Paper profile tab)D73, E22, F23, G20, O16
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References49
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- Table 1. Descriptive statistics
- Table 2. Correlation matrix
- Table 3. Financial development, corruption, and foreign direct investment
- Table 4. The interaction effect between financial development and corruption on foreign direct investment
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