Governance and foreign direct investment: comparative study between Arab Maghreb countries and ASEAN

Aloui, Zouhaier (2019): Governance and foreign direct investment: comparative study between Arab Maghreb countries and ASEAN.

Abstract

The interest of this paper is to show the impact of governance on foreign direct investment and its different effects among Maghreb Arab countries and Asian countries. The results of the effect of political stability, the rule of law, the quality of regulation and the way responsibility and Showed That governance Positively and Significantly contributed to Improving the attractiveness of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Asia purpose in the Arab Maghreb countries, and the way responsibility: has a significant negative impact on FDI. The objective of this work is to study the impact of governance on direct foreign investment (FDI) for a panel of Maghreb Arab countries in Asia countries during 1996 to 2014. Empirical verification generally shows significant results in Asia and is not significant in countries of Arab Maghreb. Indeed, thesis results in Asian countries claim that governance plays a key role in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI).

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: governance, foreign direct investment, Arab Maghreb, Asia, panel data.
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business; F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F21 - International Investment ; Long-Term Capital Movements; F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F23 - Multinational Firms ; International Business; K - Law and Economics > K1 - Basic Areas of Law > K12 - Contract Law

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