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The effect of foreign direct investment flows on mitigating climate change vulnerability in developing countries

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  • Jia, Jinan
  • Zhang, Renhua
  • Zhao, Guangpu
  • Zhao, Zihao
  • Chen, Feiya

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Foreign aid plays a crucial role in helping developing countries address climate change. This paper employs data from 100 developing countries over 2016-2022, integrating a two-way fixed effects model with mediation analysis to methodically ascertain the mechanisms through which foreign direct investment (FDI) affects climate change vulnerability (CV). The findings suggest that FDI inflows significantly reduce CV, with a 1% rise in FDI resulting in 0.9% decline in CV. A thorough mechanism analysis reveals that FDI indirectly mitigates vulnerability through two key pathways: increasing domestic credit (DC) and promoting renewable energy (RE). It has been demonstrated that each incremental unit of DC and RE results in a reduction of CV by 0.9% and 0.6% respectively. These findings indicate that developing countries can enhance their climate resilience by directing foreign investment into the credit and energy sectors simultaneously.

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  • Jia, Jinan & Zhang, Renhua & Zhao, Guangpu & Zhao, Zihao & Chen, Feiya, 2025. "The effect of foreign direct investment flows on mitigating climate change vulnerability in developing countries," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 86(PE).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:86:y:2025:i:pe:s1544612325019786
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2025.108724
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    JEL classification:

    • F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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