Determinants of foreign direct investment in Tunisia: Empirical assessment based on an application of the autoregressive distributed Lag model
Journal Title: Economics, Management and Sustainability - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
In recent years, the changing economic and political environment in Tunisia led to a renewed interest on the drivers of foreign direct investment, given its potential important gains. In this study, we investigated the impact of various factors over the period 1980-2012. In doing this, three categories of determinants were considered: economic, political and sociocultural variables. Empirical findings drawn from the autoregressive distributed lag bounds testing approach show that variation in foreign direct investment inflow in the short-run and long-run is affected by the majority of variables considered, except exchange rate, urban population and gross domestic savings. As a matter of policy, it is essential that government should continue its efforts to create a macroeconomic environment which is attractive to foreign direct investment.
Authors and Affiliations
Teheni El Ghak, Abdelkader Zribi, Nadia Zrelli, Hazar Temmi
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- EP ID EP223929
- DOI 10.14254/jems.2017.2-1.4
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