The role of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in a dualistic growth framework: A smooth coefficient semi-parametric approach

This paper examines the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and economic growth. We extend the dualistic growth framework by Feder (1982), whereby we divide the economy into an exports and a non-exports sector and assume that the FDI is mainly entering the former. In order to empiri...

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Main Authors: Zeb Aurangzeb, Thanasis Stengos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-09-01
Series:Borsa Istanbul Review
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214845014000295