Determinant of FDI inflow from Asian Economies to Lao PDR

Visansack Khamphengvong*, Enjun Xia, Khaysy Srithilat

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Abstract

FDI inflow plays an essential role in economic growth in any countries. Thus FDI inflow and its impact on economic growth deserve attention in the economics literatures. This article intends to analyses the main determinant of FDI inflow from some Asian countries that contributed a high value of investment in Lao PDR. The static and dynamic gravity models were applied to panel data over 1995-2015 time periods. The findings conclude that the natural resource (hydropower, mining), FDI in the previous year, market size (home countries), inflation rate, infrastructure, and WTO have the positive impact on FDI inflow. While real exchange rate, trade openness, ASEAN, distance, and crisis are not the critical determinant to attract FDI from Asian countries.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012081
JournalIOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Volume146
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 May 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event2018 2nd International Conference on Environmental and Energy Engineering, IC3E 2018 - Xiamen, China
Duration: 1 Mar 20183 Mar 2018

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