...Biswajit Patra; Narayan Sethi Purpose This paper analyzes the direct effect of financial development and the mediating impact of financial development through foreign direct investment (FDI), foreign aid and trade on economic growth for all Asian countries. Design/methodology/approach A fixed...

...Stanley Emife Nwani Purpose The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between air pollution and life expectancy considering the roles of institutional quality, agricultural output, foreign direct investment (FDI) and other socio-economic variables in Nigeria from 1981Q1 to 2019Q4...

... to be ascertained with empirical work. Teresia Kaulihowa can be contacted at: kaulihowat@gmail.com © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Foreign direct investment Human capital development Southern African customs union In line...

...Alfredo A. Romero; Jeffrey A. Edwards Purpose Injections of foreign direct investment (FDI) are often followed by injections of foreign culture which may not be well received among the local population. If this is the case, culture may impede any positive externalities from FDI. On the other hand...

...Sasiwimon Warunsiri Paweenawat Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether foreign direct investment (FDI) benefitted Thai workers in domestic firms. Design/methodology/approach By utilizing existing firm-level unbalanced panel data from the survey of the Office of Industrial...

... may have a large impact on wages, i.e., increasing wage inequality, but if substitution is more elastic, then increased trade is unlikely to cause greater wage inequality. Foreign direct investment Transition economies Wage inequality Figure 1 Distribution of earnings in selected...

...Nazif Durmaz Purpose In the last decade, foreign direct investment (FDI) flows have increased dramatically in the world, especially in the emerging economies. Some of these countries make changes in their market conditions that will improve the civil rights and liberties to attract better FDI...

...Amar Anwar; Mazhar Mughal Purpose – This paper aims to examine the Indian migrants' role in attracting outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) from India to their respective host countries. Diasporas play a crucial role in augmenting trade, foreign direct investment and prosperity of a country...

...), for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows on VA in the MENA region. Design/methodology/approach Applying two different panel models (fixed‐effects and dynamic), this paper uses related observations from...