Foreign Direct Investment and Exports: Complementarity or Substitutability An Empirical Investigation

Volume: 5 Number: 4 December 1, 2015
  • Hela Bouras
  • Bechir Raggad
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Foreign Direct Investment and Exports: Complementarity or Substitutability An Empirical Investigation

Abstract

The relationship between trade and direct investment, which is one of the main features of globalization, is complex and cannot be deducted from a purely theoretical analysis. The present paper seeks to lay the analytical foundation that would define the nature of the relationship – be it complementary or substitutive - between Exports and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The purpose of our use of disaggregate sectoral database is to explore these issues econometrically while analyzing and decomposing the nature of the relationship between FDI and exports. The estimation results showed a complementary effect or a ripple effect between Exports and FDI at the macro level for both manufactured and non-manufacturing sectors. Our findings have also been supported by predominant literature which finds positive relationships between FDI and exports.

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Hela Bouras This is me

Bechir Raggad This is me

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December 1, 2015

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Year 2015 Volume: 5 Number: 4

APA
Bouras, H., & Raggad, B. (2015). Foreign Direct Investment and Exports: Complementarity or Substitutability An Empirical Investigation. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 5(4), 933-941. https://izlik.org/JA86UG77XF
AMA
1.Bouras H, Raggad B. Foreign Direct Investment and Exports: Complementarity or Substitutability An Empirical Investigation. IJEFI. 2015;5(4):933-941. https://izlik.org/JA86UG77XF
Chicago
Bouras, Hela, and Bechir Raggad. 2015. “Foreign Direct Investment and Exports: Complementarity or Substitutability An Empirical Investigation”. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues 5 (4): 933-41. https://izlik.org/JA86UG77XF.
EndNote
Bouras H, Raggad B (December 1, 2015) Foreign Direct Investment and Exports: Complementarity or Substitutability An Empirical Investigation. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues 5 4 933–941.
IEEE
[1]H. Bouras and B. Raggad, “Foreign Direct Investment and Exports: Complementarity or Substitutability An Empirical Investigation”, IJEFI, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 933–941, Dec. 2015, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA86UG77XF
ISNAD
Bouras, Hela - Raggad, Bechir. “Foreign Direct Investment and Exports: Complementarity or Substitutability An Empirical Investigation”. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues 5/4 (December 1, 2015): 933-941. https://izlik.org/JA86UG77XF.
JAMA
1.Bouras H, Raggad B. Foreign Direct Investment and Exports: Complementarity or Substitutability An Empirical Investigation. IJEFI. 2015;5:933–941.
MLA
Bouras, Hela, and Bechir Raggad. “Foreign Direct Investment and Exports: Complementarity or Substitutability An Empirical Investigation”. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, vol. 5, no. 4, Dec. 2015, pp. 933-41, https://izlik.org/JA86UG77XF.
Vancouver
1.Hela Bouras, Bechir Raggad. Foreign Direct Investment and Exports: Complementarity or Substitutability An Empirical Investigation. IJEFI [Internet]. 2015 Dec. 1;5(4):933-41. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA86UG77XF