Causality between Foreign Direct Investment Outflows and Economic Fragility: A Study on Eight Fragile Economies

Year 2023, , 74 - 88, 29.10.2023

Abdulkadir Sezai Emeç , Ahmet Koluman

https://doi.org/10.25204/iktisad.1344155

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the causality relationship between FDI outflows and economic fragility indicators in eight fragile economies (Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, India, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey). The data set of the study, which covers the period 1995-2021, consists of FDI outflows and economic fragility indicators; consumer price index, central government debt/GDP, total reserves/foreign debt, M2/GDP, current account balance/GDP, domestic private sector loans provided by banks/GDP and total debt/exports. According to the results of the bootstrap panel causality analysis developed by Kónya (2006), the causality relationship between the variables representing economic fragility and FDI outflows is highest in Thailand and lowest in China. The results show that there is no strong consensus on the direction of the causal relationship between economic fragility indicators and FDI outflows. Based on the findings of the study, it is recommended that each country should develop policies in line with its own internal dynamics.

Keywords

Foreign direct investments, economic fragility, Kónya causality test

Doğrudan Yabancı Yatırım Çıkışları ile Ekonomik Kırılganlık Arasında Nedensellik: Sekiz Kırılgan Ekonomi Üzerine İnceleme

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, kırılgan sekiz ekonominin (Arjantin, Brezilya, Çin, Kolombiya, Hindistan, Güney Afrika, Tayland, Türkiye) doğrudan yabancı yatırım çıkışları ile ekonomik kırılganlık göstergeleri arasındaki nedensellik ilişkisini araştırmaktır. 1995-2021 dönemini kapsayan çalışmanın veri seti, doğrudan yabancı yatırım çıkışları ile ekonomik kırılganlık göstergesi olarak belirlenen; tüketici fiyat endeksi, merkezi hükümet borçları/gayrisafi yurt içi hâsıla, toplam rezerv/dış borç, M2/gayrisafi yurt içi hâsıla, cari işlemler dengesi/ gayrisafi yurt içi hâsıla, bankalar tarafından sağlanan yurtiçi özel sektör kredileri/ gayrisafi yurt içi hâsıla ve toplam borç/ihracat değişkenlerinden oluşmaktadır. Kónya (2006) tarafından geliştirilen bootstrap panel nedensellik analizi sonuçlarına göre; ekonomik kırılganlığı temsil eden değişkenler ile doğrudan yabancı yatırım çıkışları arasında nedensellik ilişkisi en çok Tayland’da, en az Çin’de görülmektedir. Araştırma sonuçları, ekonomik kırılganlık göstergeleri ile doğrudan yabancı yatırım çıkışları arasındaki nedensel ilişkinin yönü konusunda güçlü bir fikir birliği olmadığını göstermektedir. Çalışmanın bulgularına dayanarak her ülkenin kendi iç dinamiklerine uygun politika geliştirmesi önerilmektedir.

Keywords

Doğrudan yabancı yatırımlar, ekonomik kırılganlık, Kónya nedensellik testi.

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