The economic growth effects of foreign direct investment in developing countries, 1980–2019
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9951430 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven A Mejia (0000-0001-8929-5404, Wilson-Short Hall, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 239-260 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7659 • E-ISSN: 1557-9336 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00207659.2023.2226484 |
| OpenAlex | W4381857127 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 76 |
The foreign investment and economic growth relationship in developing countries have attracted considerable attention in comparative international sociology. However, despite nearly fifty years of research, this relationship is still not well understood. I bring new cross-national evidence to bear upon this issue with analyses that improve upon previous research on the foreign direct investment and economic growth nexus in developing countries. I analyze cross-national longitudinal data using panel regression models with fixed effects and instrumental variables to account for possible endogeneity. Foreign capital penetration appears to be positively associated with economic growth in developing countries, which supports the expectations of neoclassical economic theory. Rather than critiquing any particular theoretical paradigm, this research hopefully serves to help reinvigorate scholarly discussion amongst comparative international social scientists regarding the economic growth effects of foreign direct investment in developing countries
Developing country · Development economics · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Endogeneity · Foreign direct investment · Instrumental variable · International economics · Investment (military · Macroeconomics · Nexus (standard · Panel data · Political science · Politics · Global trade and economics · International Business and FDI · International Development and Aid
Transnational corporations and underdevelopment
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Multinational enterprises and the global economy
The African Development Bank, Organized Hypocrisy, and Maternal Mortality
Taking Stock of Flow
Water, Sanitation, and Health in Sub‐Saharan Africa
A Survey of Weak Instruments and Weak Identification in Generalized Method of Moments
World-System Mobility and Economic Growth, 1980-2000
Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth
Does Critical Mass Matter? Women's Political Representation and Child Health in Developing Countries
The Impact of Foreign Aid on Maternal Mortality
The Effects of Global Interaction on Poverty in Developing Countries, 1991-2005
The Transfer of Core-Based Hazardous Production Processes to the Export Processing Zones of the Periphery
Sectoral Foreign Investment and Nitrous Oxide Emissions
Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment
TNCs, intervening mechanisms and economic growth in Ireland
Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth
Multinational corporations and economic growth
Defend women’s rights and save the trees
Dependence, government revenue, and economic growth, 1955–1970
Reassessing the Effect of Economic Growth on Well-being in Less-developed Countries, 1980–2003
The harmful effects of primary sector foreign direct investment on carbon dioxide emissions in developing countries, 2000–2018
Global inequities in the prevalence of undernourishment
Does foreign capital dependence affect carbon dioxide emissions in less‐developed countries? A cross‐national analysis, 1980–2014
National Politics, International Dependency, and Basic Needs Provision
The Climate Crisis and Export Intensity
The Effects of Primary Sector Foreign Investment on Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Agriculture Production in Less-Developed Countries, 1980-99
Foreign Investment and Income Inequality
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development of 1964
Differential Productivity, Negative Externalities, and Foreign Capital Dependency
A Contribution to the Theory of Economic Growth
Development and social change
Politics, the State, and Basic Human Needs
Investment Dependence and Alternative Explanations of Third World Mortality
Urban Bias, Dependence, and Economic Stagnation in Noncore Nations
The Irish Case of Dependency
The World-Economy and the Distribution of Income Within States
Disarticulation and Human Welfare in Less Developed Countries
Dependence, Distorted Development, and Fertility Trends in Noncore Nations
Dependence, Inequality, and the Growth of the Tertiary
Does Economic Growth Benefit the Masses? Growth, Dependence, and Welfare in the Third World
Foreign Capital Dependence and Development
The Effects of International Economic Dependence on Development and Inequality
Maternal mortality, women's status, and economic dependency in less developed countries
Dependency, democracy, and infant mortality
Boon Or Bane? Reassessing the Productivity of Foreign Direct Investment
World health inequality
Globalization, Development and International Migration
After Developmentalism and Globalization, What
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Multinational Corporate Penetration, Protest, and Basic Needs Provision in Non-Core Nations
Foreign Investment Dependence and the Environment
The Long Term Effects of Globalization on Income Inequality, Population Growth, and Economic Development
Democracy and Health in Developing Countries
Foreign Capital and Economic Growth
Foreign Direct Investment Dependence and the Neglected Greenhouse Gas
Global Environmentalism and the World-System
Poor and powerless
The Societal Consequences of Higher Education
Explaining Global Inequities in Measles Vaccination Rates
The Long-Term Effects of Foreign Investment Dependence on Economic Growth, 1940-1990
World Society and the Nation-State
Does Foreign Capital Harm Poor Nations? New Estimates Based on Dixon and Boswell's Measures of Capital Penetration
Dependency, Disarticulation, and Denominator Effects
Growth Effects of Foreign and Domestic Investment
Structural Blockage
Cross-National Evidence of the Effects of Foreign Investment and Aid on Economic Growth and Inequality
Hungry for Equality
Consistencies and contradictions
Wealth and health revisited
Multinational Corporations, Democracy and Child Mortality
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |