Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
11 p.
Publication Date
2-2008
Publisher
Springer
Source Publication
International Advances in Economic Research
Source ISSN
1083-0897
Abstract
This paper uses a stochastic translog production frontier to estimate technical inefficiency indices whose conditional mean is specified as a function of FDI and its interaction with openness of the economy. The model is estimated using an annual panel of 46 countries for the years, 1981–2001. The results suggest that increased FDI increases potential output in both developed and developing countries with the effect being more profound in the former. It is also found that increased FDI reduces technical inefficiencies the more open is the economy but that this effect holds only for developed economies. Thus qualified support is found for the “Bhagwati hypothesis” as the results reveal that the efficiency–enhancing effect of FDI depends not only on openness but also on the degree of development of the host country.
Recommended Citation
Nourzad, Farrokh, "Openness and the Efficiency of FDI: A Panel Stochastic Production Frontier Study" (2008). Economics Faculty Research and Publications. 42.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/econ_fac/42
Comments
Accepted version. International Advances in Economic Research, Volume 14, No. 1 (February 2008), DOI: 10.1007/s11294-007-9128-5. © 2008 Springer. Used with permission.
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