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: Received: 25 March 2019 / Approved: 29 March 2019 / Online: 29 March 2019 (08:01:17 CET)
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Kong, Y.; Agyapong Atuahene, S.; Bentum-Mican, G.; Konadu Aboagye, A. Impact of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on Economic Growth; the Case of the Republic of Seychelles. Preprints2019, 2019030273. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201903.0273.v1
Kong, Y.; Agyapong Atuahene, S.; Bentum-Mican, G.; Konadu Aboagye, A. Impact of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on Economic Growth; the Case of the Republic of Seychelles . Preprints 2019, 2019030273. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201903.0273.v1
Kong, Y.; Agyapong Atuahene, S.; Bentum-Mican, G.; Konadu Aboagye, A. Impact of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on Economic Growth; the Case of the Republic of Seychelles. Preprints2019, 2019030273. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201903.0273.v1
APA Style
Kong, Y., Agyapong Atuahene, S., Bentum-Mican, G., & Konadu Aboagye, A. (2019). Impact of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on Economic Growth; the Case of the Republic of Seychelles<strong> </strong>. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201903.0273.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Kong, Y., Geoffrey Bentum-Mican and Abigail Konadu Aboagye. 2019 "Impact of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on Economic Growth; the Case of the Republic of Seychelles<strong> </strong>" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201903.0273.v1
Abstract
This paper aims to research whether there is link between FDI inflows and Economic growth in the Republic of Seychelles Island. The ordinary least square results obtained shows that in the impact of FDI inflows on economic growth is low. Small Island Developing States attracts less FDI inflow because they are limited to few resources that attracts overseas firms which results in retarded development. The research lighted that impact of foreign direct investment on host countries does not only depend on the quality and quantity of the FDI inflows but some other variables such as the internal policies and the management skills, market structures, economic trends among others.
Keywords
foreign direct investment; economic growth; economies
Subject
Business, Economics and Management, Economics
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