Political and economic determinants of private investment

Journal of International Development - Tập 16 Số 4 - Trang 589-604 - 2004
Quan Le1
1Seattle University, Seattle, USA

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Abstract

This paper presents empirical evidence that links private investment to rate of return differential, risk aversion, and several types of political and economic risk. Estimating private investment equation for a panel of 25 developing countries over 21 years yields the following results: (i) socio‐political instability characterized by nonviolent protests promotes private investment while violent uprisings hinder private investment; (ii) regime change instability characterized by constitutional government change promotes private investment while unconstitutional government change hinders private investment; and (iii) policy uncertainty characterized by variability of contract enforcement rights promotes private investment while variability of government political capacity hinders private investment. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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