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Institutional Quality in Attracting Foreign Direct Investment to Small Countries

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  • Tajul Ariffin Masron

    (School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia)

  • N.A.M. Naseem

    (Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia)

  • Effiezal Aswadi Abdul Wahab

    (School of Accounting, Curtin Business School, Curtin University)

Abstract

Institutional quality (IQ) has been proven by many studies as generating positive impact to economic development, including via luring more foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows. However, the inconsistent reality relating to FDI inflows and IQ of the host countries, especially in small countries has led this study to re-examine the effectiveness of IQ in promoting FDI inflows. Hence, selecting small countries in four regions located around four large countries, namely Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) as a case study, results confirmed that the effectiveness of IQ is gradually eroded if IQ in BRIC is also relatively improved.

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  • Tajul Ariffin Masron & N.A.M. Naseem & Effiezal Aswadi Abdul Wahab, 2018. "Institutional Quality in Attracting Foreign Direct Investment to Small Countries," Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Malaya & Malaysian Economic Association, vol. 55(2), pages 267-284, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:mjr:journl:v:55:y:2018:i:2:p:267-284
    DOI: 10.22452/MJES.vol55no2.7
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    Keywords

    Developing countries; FDI; institutional quality;
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    JEL classification:

    • F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
    • O5 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies

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