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The role of foreign direct investment in Indonesia's manufacturing exports

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  • Rudy Rahmaddi
  • Masaru Ichihashi

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This article examines whether foreign direct investment (FDI) has contributed to the changing structure of Indonesia's manufacturing exports. It uses industry-level data from 1990 to 2008, classified by factor intensity. Our analysis reveals that FDI promotes exports in most panel observations, especially exports from physical-capital-intensive (PCI), human-capital-intensive (HCI) and technology-intensive (TI) industries. Yet by applying a differentiated cross-section-effect model, we determine that the export-generating potential of FDI is stronger in PCI, HCI and TI industries than in natural-resource-intensive or unskilled-labour-intensive industries, in which Indonesia has a comparative advantage. We also assess the influence of other determinants of export performance -- namely, private domestic capital investment, GDP growth and exchange rates. Our findings have implications for policymakers seeking to sustain Indonesia's export performance.

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  • Rudy Rahmaddi & Masaru Ichihashi, 2013. "The role of foreign direct investment in Indonesia's manufacturing exports," Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(3), pages 329-354, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bindes:v:49:y:2013:i:3:p:329-354
    DOI: 10.1080/00074918.2013.850632
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