Foreign direct investment and repression: An analysis across industry sectors
Foreign direct investment and repression: An analysis across industry sectors
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外国直接投资与抑制：跨行业分析
DOI：
10.1080/14754835.2017.1306691
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
N. Janz
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作者：
N. Janz
外国直接投资（FDI）对发展中国家压制的影响仍然存在争议。有人认为，外国直接投资促进了经济发展，并输出了人权价值观。其他人则批评剥削廉价劳动力和资源，这可能导致紧张局势和政府压迫。以往的研究采用了外国直接投资的总体数据，结果相互矛盾。或者，我建议，影响取决于什么样的外国直接投资进入一个国家。我建立了一个部门框架，讨论技能和技术水平，以及外国直接投资的动机，可以调解的影响。然后，我在121个国家的面板数据分析（1983-2010年）中研究了这种联系，整合了几个资源，制造业和服务业的部门FDI。结果表明，高技能和高技术部门的投资具有积极的影响。在几种抑制措施中，以及在考虑部门规模、区域和时间效应时，结果都是稳健的。
ABSTRACT The impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on repression in developing nations is still disputed. Some argue that FDI improves economic development and exports human rights values. Others criticize the exploitation of cheap labor and resources, which may lead to tensions and government oppression. Previous studies have employed aggregate FDI data with conflicting results. Alternatively, I propose that the effects depend on what kind of FDI enters a country. I build a sectoral framework to discuss how skills and technology levels, as well as the motivation for FDI, can mediate the impact. I then examine the link in a panel data analysis (1983–2010) in 121 countries, integrating sectoral FDI in several resource, manufacturing, and service industries. The results show that investment in high-skilled and high-tech sectors has positive effects. The results are robust across several measures for repression, and when accounting for sector size, regional and time effects.