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Does Financial Remoteness Affect Foreign Direct Investment?

  • Michael Machokoto
  • , Lanre Kassim

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Abstract

We examine the effect of financial remoteness on foreign direct investment(FDI) using a sample of 173 countries over the period 1970-2015. Our re-sults show that financial remoteness has a significant negative effect onFDI, which suggests that proximity to major financial centres is an im-portant factor in deciding on foreign investments. Our results are robustto alternative measures of financial remoteness and controlling for otherdeterminants of FDI from the literature.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)219-232
Number of pages14
JournalReview of Economic Analysis
Volume11
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 12 Jul 2019

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

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