Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati|Artur Tamazian|Lokanandha Reddy Irala
Determinants of foreign direct investment and volatility in South East Asian economies
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela|Universidade de Santiago de Compostela|ICFAI Business School
objective paper identify examine determinants barriers foreign direct investment fdi south east asian economies based theoretical groundings identify potential barriers four categories namely macroeconomic policy factors political factors institutional factors socioeconomic factors using crosssectional timeseries data 17 south east asian economies 1996 2005 test set barriers per capita fdi inflows volatility fdi inflows using fixed effects pooled regression analysis process also check fragile results small important changes bring conditioning information set using robustness check empirical evidence suggests possible set barriers identified significant negative effect per capita fdi positive impact volatility fdi inflows therefore suggest urgent need find solutions break barriers acting stumbling blocks attracting fdi actual potential