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The Role of Foreign Direct Investment on Press Freedom

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Dutta, Nabamita
Roy, Sanjukta

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In our paper we establish foreign direct investment (FDI) as a major determinant of media freedom. Global integration can strengthen the media sector financially, make it technologically enhanced and can also improve the economic environment as a whole. This, in turn, would work towards the enhancement of media freedom. The sample includes high, middle and low income economies. Using a panel of 115 countries over a period of 20 years, our results reveal that FDI is an absolute necessity for a free and efficient media. The results are robust to various alternate specifications and inclusion of additional control variables.

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Date of creation: 24 Apr 2008
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Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment Press Freedom Institutions

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