“…The composite index is created by summing up the different proxy variables of institutional quality. Taking all the six governance indicators (control of corruption, government effectiveness, political stability and absence of violence, regulatory quality, rule of law, and voice and accountability), some literature ( Kurul, 2017 ; Sabir et al., 2019 ; Sayari, 2019 ) constructed an institutional quality index by applying Principal Component Analysis (PCA) or Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and find a significant positive impact on FDI inflow. On the other hand, Ali et al.…”