Does Geopolitical Tension Affect Bilateral Foreign Direct Investment?
by Aamer Husain Abstract This paper examines whether geopolitical tensions affect bilateral foreign direct investment (FDI). Using global news event data, I construct a novel dyadic measure of geopolitical distance and estimate a panel model with country-year and dyad fixed effects across 39,700 dyad-year observations from 2016 to 2023. Geopolitical distance reduces FDI positions by […]
How Foreign Direct Investment Impacts Domestic Productivity: The Case of Vietnam
by Minh Phuong Nguyen Hoang Abstract Foreign direct investment (FDI) has long been known as a vital driver of economic growth in many developing countries by providing capital boosts, generating employment, and introducing advanced technology. This paper focuses on a more long-term economic impact of FDI — the productivity spillover effect — in the specific […]
Investigating the Impact of Chinese Financing on Productivity in the African Continent
By Kedest Mathewos Given that productivity is a key component of long-term economic growth and that China has become an important source of external financing in Africa, this study aims to investigate the impact of Chinese foreign direct investment and government-to-government loans on productivity. Using a panel of the top fourteen African recipients of […]
