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ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF INFLOWS OF FDI IN PAKISTAN

10 Pages : 109-117

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2019(IV-IV).10      10.31703/ger.2019(IV-IV).10      Published : Dec 2019

Economic Determinants of Inflows of FDI in Pakistan

    An attempt is made in this study to determine the major indicators of the inflow of FDI into Pakistan economy. Data from the time period 1985 to 2019 was used in this research. The level of stationary was checked through Augmented Dickey Fuller and Philips Perron tests. Using the analysis of the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL), it is identified that GDP, Inflation, Annual Average Exchange Rate and population Growth have a positive (significant) effect on FDI. Moreover, the empirical results also identified a negative but significant effect of financial development on FDI.

    Foreign Direct Investment; Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Model, GDP
    (1) Mujib Ur Rahman
    Demonstrator, Department of Economics, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Wisal Ahmad
    Assistant Professor, Institute of Business Studies and Leadership, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Faizan Malik
    Assistant Professor, Institute of Business Studies and Leadership, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Rahman, Mujib Ur, Wisal Ahmad, and Muhammad Faizan Malik. 2019. "Economic Determinants of Inflows of FDI in Pakistan." Global Economics Review, IV (IV): 109-117 doi: 10.31703/ger.2019(IV-IV).10
    HARVARD : RAHMAN, M. U., AHMAD, W. & MALIK, M. F. 2019. Economic Determinants of Inflows of FDI in Pakistan. Global Economics Review, IV, 109-117.
    MHRA : Rahman, Mujib Ur, Wisal Ahmad, and Muhammad Faizan Malik. 2019. "Economic Determinants of Inflows of FDI in Pakistan." Global Economics Review, IV: 109-117
    MLA : Rahman, Mujib Ur, Wisal Ahmad, and Muhammad Faizan Malik. "Economic Determinants of Inflows of FDI in Pakistan." Global Economics Review, IV.IV (2019): 109-117 Print.
    OXFORD : Rahman, Mujib Ur, Ahmad, Wisal, and Malik, Muhammad Faizan (2019), "Economic Determinants of Inflows of FDI in Pakistan", Global Economics Review, IV (IV), 109-117
    TURABIAN : Rahman, Mujib Ur, Wisal Ahmad, and Muhammad Faizan Malik. "Economic Determinants of Inflows of FDI in Pakistan." Global Economics Review IV, no. IV (2019): 109-117. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2019(IV-IV).10