TRINITY COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC, WORKING PAPER 26-02

Foreign Direct Investment Flows and Economic Growth: An Autoregressive Distributed Lag Analysis (ARDL) for Chile, 1960-2020

This paper utilizes the recent ARDL modelling technique to test whether foreign capital complements or substitutes for private capital and economic output (labor productivity) in the Chilean economy for the 1960-2020 period. That is, it evaluates whether the so-called “complementarity hypothesis” is refuted in the Chil...

Public Capital and Economic Output (Labor Productivity) in Mexico: A Vector Error Correction Model with Impulse Response and Variance Decomposition Functions, 1960-2022

Foreign Direct Investment and Employment Generation in Nigeria: Evidence from ARDL Approach

This study examines the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and employment in Nigeria over the period 1990–2025. The analysis is motivated by the expectation that FDI can expand productive capacity, introduce technology and managerial expertise, stimulate domestic business activity and create employmen...

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Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth Through Exports? Evidence from Vietnam

This study examines whether foreign direct investment (FDI) fosters Vietnam’s economic growth via the export channel over the 2000–2024 period, during which FDI served as a cornerstone of the country's export-led development strategy. Using annual time-series data from the General Statistics Office, the Ministry of Pla...

Does foreign direct investment drive economic growth in SAARC countries? a static and dynamic panel analysis