INVESTISSEMENTS DIRECTS ÉTRANGERS ET CROISSANCE ÉCONOMIQUE EN RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO (RDC)

Ntanga Ntita, Jean de Dieu and Kazadi Ntita, François and Ntita Ntita, Jean (2019): INVESTISSEMENTS DIRECTS ÉTRANGERS ET CROISSANCE ÉCONOMIQUE EN RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO (RDC).

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze the effect of foreign direct investments on economic growth in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the period 1980-2016. To achieve this objective, we used the ARDL approach. The results indicate a negative effect of foreign direct investments on the economic growth of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the short and long term.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)
• Language: French
• Keywords: Foreign direct investment, economic growth, ARDL, DRC.
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C3 - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models ; Multiple Variables > C32 - Time-Series Models ; Dynamic Quantile Regressions ; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models ; Diffusion Processes ; State Space Models; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E0 - General > E02 - Institutions and the Macroeconomy; F - International Economics > F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance > F43 - Economic Growth of Open Economies; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O55 - Africa

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