Modeling the Impact of Corruption, Degree of Freedom to Invest and Democracy on Domestic Investment: Evidence from MENA Countries
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Keywords
Corruption; Degree of Freedom to Invest; Democracy; Domestic Investment; MENA Countries;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E10 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - General
- E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
- H10 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - General
- H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General
- O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ARA-2021-07-12 (MENA - Middle East and North Africa)
- NEP-MAC-2021-07-12 (Macroeconomics)
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