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Do Geopolitical Risks and Political Stability Drive Foreign Direct Investments? New Evidence from Dynamic Panel CS-ARDL Model

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  • Alper Yılmaz

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In this research, we aim to highlight the impact of geopolitical risks and political stability on investment flows directed towards 10 high-risky countries in the relevant database of Caldara and Icaivello (2018) for the period from 2000 to 2022 with yearly data. On that note, we employed the Durbin-Hausman panel cointegration test to check long run relationship. Then, we estimate co-integration parameters (coefficients) employing the CS-ARDL method to avoid estimation problems that arise from cross-section dependency and slope homogeneity. The results reveal that geopolitical risks have a negative effect on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for both the short and long term. The findings also prompt us to conclude that political stability in the host country has a significant impact on inward FDI in the long run. Cross-section dependency and delta tests indicate that geopolitical risk generates heterogeneous effects on host countries. In the last section, robustness checks with alternative estimators and Granger non-causality validate the main results at a conventional confidence level. To this end, policymakers may consider strengthening international institutions and organizations, giving importance to peaceful initiatives, multilateral agreements (commercial or economic), and diplomatic negotiations, as significant policy tools to increase investment inflows by enhancing stability, transparency, and predictability in governance.

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  • Alper Yılmaz, 2024. "Do Geopolitical Risks and Political Stability Drive Foreign Direct Investments? New Evidence from Dynamic Panel CS-ARDL Model," Journal of Research in Economics, Politics & Finance, Ersan ERSOY, vol. 9(1), pages 61-87.
    • Handle: RePEc:ahs:journl:v:9:y:2024:i:1:p:61-87
    DOI: 10.30784/epfad.1405599
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    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation

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