The impact of FDI inflows on R&D activities in developing countries: a panel data analysis

• Main Authors: Mahamad Zakaria, Muhammad Farhan, Wan Ngah, Wan Azman Saini, Law, Siong Hook
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: School of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48841/1/The%20impact%20of%20FDI%20inflows%20on%20R%26D%20activities%20in%20developing%20countries%20a%20panel%20data%20analysis.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48841/; http://www.ukm.my/fep/perkem/contents/perkem2015-12.html
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

This study investigates the impact of FDI inflows on R&D activities in 48 developing countries for the 1996-2013 periods. The results based on the system Generalized Method of Moment (GMM) estimator show that FDI inflows tend to discourage R&D activity in developing countries. Additionally,...