Risky Business : Political Instability and Sectoral Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment in the Arab World

Which foreign direct investments are most affected by political instability? Analysis of quarterly greenfield investment flows into countries in the Middle East and North Africa during the period from 2003 to 2012 shows that adverse political shocks are associated with significantly reduced investme...

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Main Authors:	Burger, Martijn, Ianchovichina, Elena, Rijkers, Bob
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2018
Subjects:	FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT POLITICAL INSTABILITY SHOCKS RESOURCE DEPENDENCE
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29122

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spelling	okr-10986-291222021-05-25T10:54:42Z Risky Business : Political Instability and Sectoral Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment in the Arab World Burger, Martijn Ianchovichina, Elena Rijkers, Bob FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT POLITICAL INSTABILITY SHOCKS RESOURCE DEPENDENCE Which foreign direct investments are most affected by political instability? Analysis of quarterly greenfield investment flows into countries in the Middle East and North Africa during the period from 2003 to 2012 shows that adverse political shocks are associated with significantly reduced investment inflows in the non-resource tradable sectors. By contrast, investments in natural resource sectors and non-tradable activities appear insensitive to such shocks. Political instability is thus associated with increased reliance on non-tradables and aggravated resource dependence. 2018-01-03T20:20:20Z 2018-01-03T20:20:20Z 2016-07-01 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29122 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Middle East North Africa
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topic	FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT POLITICAL INSTABILITY SHOCKS RESOURCE DEPENDENCE
spellingShingle	FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT POLITICAL INSTABILITY SHOCKS RESOURCE DEPENDENCE Burger, Martijn Ianchovichina, Elena Rijkers, Bob Risky Business : Political Instability and Sectoral Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment in the Arab World
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description	Which foreign direct investments are most affected by political instability? Analysis of quarterly greenfield investment flows into countries in the Middle East and North Africa during the period from 2003 to 2012 shows that adverse political shocks are associated with significantly reduced investment inflows in the non-resource tradable sectors. By contrast, investments in natural resource sectors and non-tradable activities appear insensitive to such shocks. Political instability is thus associated with increased reliance on non-tradables and aggravated resource dependence.
format	Journal Article
author	Burger, Martijn Ianchovichina, Elena Rijkers, Bob
author_facet	Burger, Martijn Ianchovichina, Elena Rijkers, Bob
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title	Risky Business : Political Instability and Sectoral Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment in the Arab World
title_short	Risky Business : Political Instability and Sectoral Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment in the Arab World
title_full	Risky Business : Political Instability and Sectoral Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment in the Arab World
title_fullStr	Risky Business : Political Instability and Sectoral Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment in the Arab World
title_full_unstemmed	Risky Business : Political Instability and Sectoral Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment in the Arab World
title_sort	risky business : political instability and sectoral greenfield foreign direct investment in the arab world
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2018
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29122
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Risky Business : Political Instability and Sectoral Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment in the Arab World

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