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Trends and Determinants of FDI with Implications of COVID-19 in BRICS

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  • Arup Kumar Chattopadhyay
  • Debdas Rakshit
  • Payel Chatterjee
  • Ananya Paul

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Foreign direct investment (FDI) movement to any country is recognized as an important criterion for economic strength and potentiality. Hence, the present study analyzes the motives of FDI inflows through the determinants and channels, namely horizontal or vertical FDIs and the impact of COVID-19 on FDI Inflows in BRICS countries during the period 1990–2020. The Kinked Exponential (deterministic) trend, and Zivot and Andrew’s trend equations are applied for the growth analysis of FDI inflows. Regarding the estimation of channels of FDI inflows in terms of horizontal, vertical, and hybrid motivations, dynamic panel data analysis using GMM for BRICS economies together and ARDL-PMG for individual countries is made. The findings show significantly positive growth in FDI inflows in all BRICS countries except India during the first decade of the present century. After that, these countries have experienced either significantly or insignificantly declining trends, except India, where the trend has significantly increased during this later period. From the overall analysis, we see that both horizontal and vertical motivations play a dominant role in determining FDI inflows for the BRICS countries. However, from country-wise estimations, it is observed that both horizontal and vertical motives are dominant factors for FDI inflows to India and Russia. In contrast, the horizontal motive of it is significant for China. For Brazil and South Africa, no motive behind FDI inflows appears significant. The pandemic situation significantly impacts attracting FDI in Brazil, while it remains insensitive in the rest of the BRICS countries. The findings reveal that FDI determinants are country-specific. So, the BRICS countries can design proper FDI policy and adopt more reforms in attracting FDI that may help improve their economic situation.

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  • Arup Kumar Chattopadhyay & Debdas Rakshit & Payel Chatterjee & Ananya Paul, 2022. "Trends and Determinants of FDI with Implications of COVID-19 in BRICS," Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies, Emerging Markets Forum, vol. 14(1), pages 43-59, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:emeeco:v:14:y:2022:i:1:p:43-59
    DOI: 10.1177/09749101211067091
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