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The Effects of Terrorist Activities on Foreign Direct Investment: Nonlinear Evidence from Turkey

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  • Omay Tolga

    (Cankaya University, Department Economics)

  • Araz-Takay Bahar

    (Baskent University, Department of Economics)

  • Eruygur Ayşegül

    (Cankaya University, Department Economics. Corresponding author. Ogretmentler Cad. No: 14 Yuzuncu yıl Balgat Ankara, Turkey)

  • Kiliç Ilker

    (Cankaya University, Faculty of Law)

Abstract

In this study, we examine the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and terrorist incidents that took place in Turkey during the period 1991:12 to 2003:12. By doing so we contribute to the literature by allowing for a possible nonlinear relationship between terrorism and FDI. The data used to measure the intensity of terrorism were collected from a major newspaper of Turkey, and therefore is limited to the direct signals given to the market. Empirical evidence from both linear and non-linear models confirms that terrorism has a large negative impact on foreign direct investment. As far as the results of the nonlinear model estimation are concerned, the impact of terrorism on FDI is estimated to be more severe during periods of high terrorism where the intensity of terrorism passes a certain threshold level. This threshold level can be interpreted as a warning ‘signal’ that FDI may decrease severely and thereby can be used by policy makers to design effective policy measures and by potential investors as an indicator of a country’s risk profile

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  • Omay Tolga & Araz-Takay Bahar & Eruygur Ayşegül & Kiliç Ilker, 2013. "The Effects of Terrorist Activities on Foreign Direct Investment: Nonlinear Evidence from Turkey," Review of Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 64(2), pages 139-158, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:lus:reveco:v:64:y:2013:i:2:p:139-158
    DOI: 10.1515/roe-2013-0203
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    Cited by:

    1. Gok, Ibrahim Yasar & Demirdogen, Yavuz & Topuz, Sefa, 2020. "The impacts of terrorism on Turkish equity market: An investigation using intraday data," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 540(C).
    2. Hafiz Muhammad Abubakar Siddique & Rabia Liaqat & Kaleem Ullah, 2017. "Impact of Terrorism on Investment: Evidence from Pakistan," Bulletin of Business and Economics (BBE), Research Foundation for Humanity (RFH), vol. 6(4), pages 195-199, December.
    3. Kechagia, Polyxeni & Metaxas, Theodore, 2017. "FDI and Terrorism in the developing Asian countries: A panel data analysis," MPRA Paper 80945, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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