Intellectual property rights, quality of institutions and FDI into developing countries

• Main Authors: Charan Valliappan Periakaruppan, Kittiratanapaibool Thanchanok, Tan, Darrel Yi Song
• Other Authors: Joseph Dennis Alba
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62605
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is one of the key factors enhancing economic growth. In this paper, we study the possible determinants of FDI, specifically institutional readiness in terms of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection and the size of informal economy. Twelve OECD countries (sourc...