The Effects of Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Absorptive Capabilities on the Economic Growth of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

• 발행기관: 한국유통과학회
• 저자명: Phouthakannha NANTHARATH Eungoo KANG
• 간행물 정보: 『The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business(JAFEB)』Vol. 6 No.3, 151~162쪽, 전체 12쪽
• 주제분류: 경제경영 > 경제학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2019.07.31

영문 초록

The paper examines the effects of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the economic growth of Lao People s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) between 1993 and 2015. The investigation is based on the influence of growth and economic absorptive capability determinants such as human capital, trade openness, and institutional quality. The methodological analysis uses a multivariate framework accounting capital stock, labor stock, FDI, human capital, trade openness, and institutional quality in regression of the Vector Autoregressive model. Augmented Dickey-Fuller unit root test, Johansen Cointegration test, and Granger Causality test were applied as parts of the econometric time-series analysis approach. The empirical results demonstrate the positive effects of FDI and trade openness, and the negative effects of human capital and institutional quality on the economic growth of the Lao PDR over the 1993 to 2015 period. The findings confirm that trade openness complemented by a sufficient level of infrastructure, education, quality institutions, and transparency significantly influence economic growth and attract more FDI. Research results lend credence to the need for the Lao PDR’s government to focus on improving its economic absorptive capability and economic competitiveness regionally and globally by improving wealth and resource management strategies, as failure to take this course of action could lead to the Dutch Disease effects.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Literature Review

3. Methodology

4. Results

5. Conclusion

6. Recommendations

References

키워드

Foreign Direct Investment Economic Growth Absorptive Capability Human Capital Trade Openness Institutional Quality Lao PDR