The effects of economic freedom on inflows of foreign direct investment

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dc.contributor.authorAmponsem, Frederick
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorGhazalian, Pascal
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-07T19:47:47Z
dc.date.available2017-09-07T19:47:47Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the implications of Economic Freedom (EF) for FDI inflows using the overall EF index developed by the Fraser Institute and covering the sub-components of EF including Legal System and Security of Property Rights, Access to Sound Money, Freedom to Trade Internationally, Regulation, and Size of Government. The empirical analysis is carried out through different empirical specifications and econometric strategies. The benchmark empirical results suggest that improvements in the levels of EF and in the levels of the sub-components of EF lead to increases in FDI inflows. Supplementary empirical results show that EF and the sub-components of EF do not have statistically significant implications for the effect of Domestic Investment (DI) on FDI inflows. Also, they reveal non-linear relationships between EF and FDI inflows, as well as between the sub-components of EF and FDI inflows. Finally, the empirical analysis shows that the implications of EF for FDI inflows exhibit variations across geo-economic regions.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/4905
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0501en_US
dc.proquest.subject0511en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Economicsen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Economicsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectdeveloping countriesen_US
dc.subjectdomestic investmenten_US
dc.subjecteconomic freedomen_US
dc.subjecteconomic growthen_US
dc.subjectforeign direct investment inflowsen_US
dc.titleThe effects of economic freedom on inflows of foreign direct investmenten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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