Foreign Direct Investment, Commitment Institutions, and Time Horizon: How Some Autocrats Do Better than Others
- Authors
- Moon, Chungshik
- Issue Date
- Jun-2015
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIV PRESS
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL STUDIES QUARTERLY, v.59, no.2, pp 344 - 356
- Pages
- 13
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL STUDIES QUARTERLY
- Volume
- 59
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 344
- End Page
- 356
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/37084
- DOI
- 10.1111/isqu.12182
- ISSN
- 0020-8833
1468-2478
- Abstract
- Why do some autocratic governments do better than others in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI)? The received wisdom holds that democracies enjoy advantages over autocracies when it comes to attracting FDI. But there exist autocratic countries that attract substantial amounts of FDI. For example, during the last two decades, about half of the top 20 non-OECD host countries are nondemocratic. Focusing on the role of commitment institutions by which host countries can commit their protection of foreign assets, I argue that autocrats with long time horizons can provide stronger institutions to protect property rights. This allows them to attract more FDI. Using an error correction model (EDM) covering autocratic countries from 1970 to 2008, I find evidence that strongly supports my argument. These findings suggest that what matters to foreign investors is not regime type per se but specific institutional features of the host country. Insofar as host countries provide sound institutions to protect foreign assets, they would be able to attract more foreign investment.
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