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Role of Education and Financial Market Development in Attracting Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Pakistan

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Abstract

This paper has investigated the role of education and Financial Market Development (FMD) on the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in Pakistan from 1970-2019. In the short run, education has a positive effect on FDI inflows. 1% increasing of government's spending on education would increase 0.361% of FDI inflows in Pakistan. Moreover, the FMD has a positive effect on FDI inflows in the short run. 1% increasing FMD may increase 0.0496% of FDI in the short run. Both education and FMD are supporting the FDI inflows in the short run. Comparatively, education shows a larger effect on FDI than that of FMD in the short run. However, FMD and government spending on education could not affect the FDI inflows in the long run. This paper recommends supporting education and financial markets to attract FDI inflows in Pakistan.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1184-1189
Number of pages6
JournalTEM Journal
Volume10
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2021

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Keywords

  • cointegration
  • FDI inflows
  • FMD
  • government spending on education

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