Does the Internet stimulate inward foreign direct investment?

Choi, Changkyu

doi:10.1016/s0161-8938(02)00202-8

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“…Thus, the strong economic growth remains a necessary condition for these countries to attract FDI inflows. The results are in line with the general findings of the literature, including Billington (1999) and Choi (2003), which have consistently found a positive role of economic growth. Because, in countries with stable governments past policies are most useful in predicting the future.…”

Section: Regression Results and Policy Implicationssupporting

confidence: 91%

Linking FDI Inflows to Economic Growth in North African Countries

Omri

Sassi-Tmar

2013

J Knowl Econ

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This paper tries to examine the interrelationship between FDI inflows and the economic growth for three African economies, namely, Tunisia, Morocco, and Egypt during 1985-2011. Our analysis, which is based on a simultaneous equations model, reveals that in overall terms a mutually promoting two-way linkage between FDI and economic growth exists in these countries. Using the generalized method of moments (GMM), we find that the two-way linkage between FDI inflows and economic growth has been verified in all three economies , i.e., high level of foreign direct investment inflows had accelerated economic growth and high economic growth in these economies does send positive signals to prospective foreign investors.JEL classification: G20 ; H54 ; C36.

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Section: Regression Results and Policy Implicationssupporting

confidence: 91%

Linking FDI Inflows to Economic Growth in North African Countries

Omri

Sassi-Tmar

2013

J Knowl Econ

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“…In one of the earliest studies Frehund and Weinhold (2002) investigated the effect of the internet on services and trade and found a positive and significant relationship between them. Choi (2003) studied the effect of the internet on inward foreign direct investment (FDI) using data for a panel of 14 source countries and 53 host countries. The study applied cross country regression using a gravity FDI equation and the findings indicated that a 10% increase in the number of internet users in a host country raised FDI inflows by 2%.…”

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The effects of Internet usage, financial development and trade openness on economic growth in South Africa: A time series analysis

Salahuddin

Gow

2016

Telematics and Informatics

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Please cite this article as: Salahuddin, M., Gow, J., The effects of Internet usage, financial development and trade openness on economic growth in South Africa: A time series analysis, Telematics and Informatics (2015), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tele. 2015.11.006 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. and variance decomposition analysis. Based on these findings, this study recommends that the South African government continue with policies that aim to invest more resources into its Internet infrastructure to further expand its network and usage.

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“…As the Internet disperses to more places, these regions can make greater gains in economic development [1]. Second, Choi [30] has shown that Internet dispersion has effectively shortened the "distance" of remote areas to the marketplace and facilitated trade and foreign direct investment in those areas [31]. Finally, Internet dispersion has coupled with the penetration of information technology and allowed less developed regions to catch up more quickly [29].…”

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Internet Access, Spillover and Regional Development in China

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As Internet access grows at different rates across regions, the Internet has had variable effects on regional economies through agglomeration and spillover effects. This paper uses province-level panel data from 2000 to 2013 to study inequality in Internet access, its spatial effect on regional economies in China and the channels through which the spillover effects are most evident. We find that the Internet has dispersed quickly from core cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, to coastal provinces; and has had increasingly significant effects on neighboring regions. However, the Internet speed is still comparatively low outside the core cities. We then use endogenous growth models to quantify the effect of Internet access on regional economies. Our results show that, while Internet dispersion is positively associated with economic growth, the spillover effect varies significantly by region and is more pronounced in developed regions. So is the effect of the science and technology environment. Developed regions have benefited the most in the process. The three channels of spillover are listed here in order of relative significance: economy, proximity and urbanization. The spillover effect of the Internet may lead to the divergence of regional economies, working against the national goal of reducing regional inequality.

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Does the Internet stimulate inward foreign direct investment?

Cited by 111 publications

References 5 publications

Linking FDI Inflows to Economic Growth in North African Countries

Linking FDI Inflows to Economic Growth in North African Countries

The effects of Internet usage, financial development and trade openness on economic growth in South Africa: A time series analysis

Internet Access, Spillover and Regional Development in China

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