Foreign direct investment,trade openness,and economic growth: empirical evidence from Thailand

Foreign direct investment,trade openness,and economic growth: empirical evidence from Thailand

In recent years, the Thailand’s economy has become more open to foreign trade as well as foreign direct investment(FDI). Thus the main objective of this study is to examine whether FDI and international trade have positively contributed to the economic growth of Thailand. The results of the Granger...

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Main Authors: Yusoff, Mohammed, Nuh, Ruslee
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spelling iium-436762017-11-09T03:57:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43676/ Foreign direct investment,trade openness,and economic growth: empirical evidence from Thailand Yusoff, Mohammed Nuh, Ruslee HF3000 By region or country In recent years, the Thailand’s economy has become more open to foreign trade as well as foreign direct investment(FDI). Thus the main objective of this study is to examine whether FDI and international trade have positively contributed to the economic growth of Thailand. The results of the Granger causality tests indicate that they are indeed important determinants of growth in Thailand. This suggests that policy makers in Thailand should liberalize its economy to encourage foreign trade and foreign direct investment inflows to achieve a sustained high economic growth. Sage Publications 2015-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43676/1/Trade_open_FDI_GDI_growth_in_Thailand.pdf Yusoff, Mohammed and Nuh, Ruslee (2015) Foreign direct investment,trade openness,and economic growth: empirical evidence from Thailand. Foreign Trade Review , 50 (2). pp. 73-84. ISSN 0015-7325 http://ftr.sagepub.com
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Foreign direct investment,trade openness,and economic growth: empirical evidence from Thailand
description In recent years, the Thailand’s economy has become more open to foreign trade as well as foreign direct investment(FDI). Thus the main objective of this study is to examine whether FDI and international trade have positively contributed to the economic growth of Thailand. The results of the Granger causality tests indicate that they are indeed important determinants of growth in Thailand. This suggests that policy makers in Thailand should liberalize its economy to encourage foreign trade and foreign direct investment inflows to achieve a sustained high economic growth.
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author Yusoff, Mohammed
Nuh, Ruslee
author_facet Yusoff, Mohammed
Nuh, Ruslee
author_sort Yusoff, Mohammed
title Foreign direct investment,trade openness,and economic growth: empirical evidence from Thailand
title_short Foreign direct investment,trade openness,and economic growth: empirical evidence from Thailand
title_full Foreign direct investment,trade openness,and economic growth: empirical evidence from Thailand
title_fullStr Foreign direct investment,trade openness,and economic growth: empirical evidence from Thailand
title_full_unstemmed Foreign direct investment,trade openness,and economic growth: empirical evidence from Thailand
title_sort foreign direct investment,trade openness,and economic growth: empirical evidence from thailand
publisher Sage Publications
publishDate 2015
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/43676/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/43676/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/43676/1/Trade_open_FDI_GDI_growth_in_Thailand.pdf
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