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Impact of FDI on Economic Development: A Causality Analysis for Singapore, 1976 – 2002

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  • Mete Feridun

    (Department of Banking and Finance, Faculty of Business and Economics, Eastern Mediterranean University, Gazi Magosa, Cyprus)

  • Yaya Sissoko

    (Department of Economics, 213E McElhaney Hall, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705)

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between economic growth as measured by GDP per capita and foreign direct investment for Singapore, using the methodology of Granger causality and vector auto regression (VAR). Evidence shows that there is a unidirectional Granger causation from foreign direct investment to economic growth.

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  • Mete Feridun & Yaya Sissoko, 2011. "Impact of FDI on Economic Development: A Causality Analysis for Singapore, 1976 – 2002," International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences Applied Research (IJBESAR), International Hellenic University (IHU), Kavala Campus, Greece (formerly Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology - EMaTTech), vol. 4(1), pages 7-17, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:tei:journl:v:4:y:2011:i:1:p:7-17
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    Keywords

    Granger Causality; Vector Auto Regression; Economic Growth;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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