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Foreign direct investment in OECD countries: a special focus in the case of Greece

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  • Nicholas Baltas
  • Mike G. Tsionas
  • Konstantinos Baltas

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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is considered as an important instrument for economic development all over the world. The aim of this paper is to examine the FDI inflows determinants for 24 OECD countries. To this end we employ annual data from 1980 to 2012 for a series of potential FDI determinants that have been identified as the most important by the relevant literature. Our empirical strategy employs both the standard fixed effects panel as well as a dynamic panel approach. The empirical findings highlight the importance of market size, trade openness, unit labor cost, schooling, taxation, gross capital formation, institutional variables, and ROA/ROE as significant FDI determinants. In the case of the dynamic panel model those FDI inflows determinants are not uniform for all country groups. Additionally, the results indicate that corporate tax rates clearly affect FDI attractiveness. This finding is robust when testing different countries subgroups. The present study has important policy implications indicating the factors that host economies should place emphasis on in order to attract FDI inflows. Policy makers should not only pay attention to the corporate tax rate level but they should also design a simple, stable and transparent taxation system that minimizes the relevant business risk.

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  • Nicholas Baltas & Mike G. Tsionas & Konstantinos Baltas, 2018. "Foreign direct investment in OECD countries: a special focus in the case of Greece," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(52), pages 5579-5591, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:50:y:2018:i:52:p:5579-5591
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2018.1488054
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    1. Zhang, Hongxia & Kim, Heeho, 2022. "Institutional quality and FDI location: A threshold model," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).

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