Investment Climate and Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: The Role of Ease of Doing Business
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Keywords
Foreign direct investment; Ease of doing business; Investment climate; Instrumental variable estimation; Control function approach; Africa;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C36 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
- F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
- M48 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Government Policy and Regulation
- O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
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