The Effects of FDI on the Performance and Stability of the Economies: Evidence from Nigeria and South Africa

• Main Author: Akula, Helen Hembadoon
• Other Authors: Fethi, Sami
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ) 2016
• Subjects: Business Administration; Economic Conditions and Development - Nigeria; Economic Conditions and Development - South Africa; Investments; Foreign - Nigeria; Investments Foreign - South Africa; Economic growth; FDI; physical capital; labor; openness; co-integration; Johansen; sami
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11129/3813

This study examine the connections between foreign direct investment and economic growth using sample data covering the period of 1971 to 2013 on the Nigerian and South African economies by employing the Johansen Co-integration and Vector Error Correction (VECM) as estimation techniques. The results...