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Political Regimes and FDI Inflows: Empirical Evidence from Upper Middle Income Countries

1Department of International Business, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China


Journal of Finance and Economics. 2014, Vol. 2 No. 3, 75-82
DOI: 10.12691/jfe-2-3-4
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Seyedashkan Madani, Mahya Nobakht. Political Regimes and FDI Inflows: Empirical Evidence from Upper Middle Income Countries. Journal of Finance and Economics. 2014; 2(3):75-82. doi: 10.12691/jfe-2-3-4.

Correspondence to: Seyedashkan  Madani, Department of International Business, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China. Email: madanee2012@gmail.com

Abstract

This paper accounts for the political determinant of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows for 31 Upper-Middle-income Countries (UMCs) over the period of 1990-2011. By measuring the types of regime along an autocracy-democracy spectrum, we empirically investigate how the quality of political institutions in host countries can impact the level of political risks perceived by foreign investors and Multinational Corporates (MNCs). The dynamic panel ‘‘difference’’ GMM estimator proposed by Arellano and Bond (1991) is developed to deal with auto-correlation problems and endogeneity of the variables in the models. The empirical findings indicate that democracy enhances FDI toward UMCs. Indeed, its positive effect on FDI inflows is remarkable compared to other economic control variables accounted for in this paper.

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