Foreign Direct Investment-growth Nexus Revisited: New Evidence from Bangladesh

Foreign Direct Investment-growth Nexus Revisited: New Evidence from Bangladesh

<p>Due to mixed empirical findings, FDI-growth nexus is still an issue of debate. This paper estimates the long-run association between FDI and economic growth for Bangladesh using time series data for the period 1985-2014. Results from Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS) demonstrate positiv...

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Main Authors: Munira Begum, Mohammad Salahuddin, Mamta Chowdhury, Abu N. M. Wahid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EconJournals 2018-05-01
Series:International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
Online Access:https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/6570
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Summary:<p>Due to mixed empirical findings, FDI-growth nexus is still an issue of debate. This paper estimates the long-run association between FDI and economic growth for Bangladesh using time series data for the period 1985-2014. Results from Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS) demonstrate positive and significant long-run relationship between FDI and economic growth. A bidirectional causality also exists between them. The study further indicates that financial development and trade openness also Granger cause economic growth. Variance decomposition analysis results confirm the future positive role of FDI, trade openness and financial development in the context of Bangladesh. Policy implications are discussed.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Bangladesh, DOLS, economic growth, FDI</p><p><strong>JEL Classifications: </strong>F21, F43<strong></strong></p>
ISSN:2146-4138

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