Political environment and foreign direct investment: Evidence from OECD countries

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Wisniewski, Tomasz Piotr Pathan, Saima Kamran
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	This paper examines the role that political factors play in the investment location decisions of multinational enterprises. It has been found that foreign direct investors shy away from countries with excessive government spending, especially when this spending is directed towards the military. They also seem to have a slight preference for leftist executives and be negatively predisposed toward situations in which the ruling party has held power for prolonged periods of time. Ceteris paribus, more FDI flows to countries that have presidential systems, established political parties and where the party of the executive controls all houses with lawmaking powers.
Starting Page	13
Ending Page	23
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2014.07.004
Volume Number	36
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://lra.le.ac.uk/bitstream/2381/31645/6/paper_final2.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2014.07.004
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article