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1. | Gammoudi, Mondher Cherif & Simplice Asongu Mouna A FDI and Growth in the MENA countries: Are the GCC countries Different? 2016. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: FDI, financial openness, GMM, Growth, Institutions @workingpaper{Gammoudi2016, title = {FDI and Growth in the MENA countries: Are the GCC countries Different?}, author = {Mondher Cherif & Simplice Asongu A Mouna Gammoudi}, editor = {African 2016 Governance and Development Institute WP/16/015}, url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/FDI-and-Growth-in-the-MENA-countries.pdf}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-06-01}, abstract = {This paper examines the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for the period 1985-2009. The empirical evidence is based on an endoeneity-robust Generalised Method of Moments. Results show that the effect of FDI on per capita income in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries is positive but negative in Non-GCC countries. Results also reveal that in contrast to the GCC countries, the financial openness policy in the NonGCC countries have reduced the benefits of FDI on growth, this finding is explained by the fact that most of the Non-GCC countries that have engaged in the process of financial reforms have poor quality of institutions. These results are confirmed with both annual data and five year average data.}, keywords = {FDI, financial openness, GMM, Growth, Institutions}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {workingpaper} } This paper examines the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for the period 1985-2009. The empirical evidence is based on an endoeneity-robust Generalised Method of Moments. Results show that the effect of FDI on per capita income in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries is positive but negative in Non-GCC countries. Results also reveal that in contrast to the GCC countries, the financial openness policy in the NonGCC countries have reduced the benefits of FDI on growth, this finding is explained by the fact that most of the Non-GCC countries that have engaged in the process of financial reforms have poor quality of institutions. These results are confirmed with both annual data and five year average data. |