Does foreign direct investment promote growth? Exploring the role of financial markets on linkages

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 242-256

  Alfaro, Laura ^a,b   Chanda, Areendam ^c   Kalemli Ozcan, Sebnem ^b,d   Sayek, Selin ^e  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^e BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Backward linkages; Economic growth; FDI spillovers; Financial development

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 70449525350     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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