eprintid: 14368
rev_number: 20
eprint_status: archive
userid: 2744
dir: disk0/00/01/43/68
datestamp: 2013-01-24 10:36:19
lastmod: 2016-01-20 18:33:10
status_changed: 2013-01-24 10:36:19
type: workingPaper
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Schmaljohann, Maya
title: Enhancing Foreign Direct Investment via Transparency? Evaluating the Effects of the EITI on FDI 
subjects: 330
divisions: 181000
keywords: FDI, EITI, Corruption, Natural Resources.
abstract: The so called resource curse, the fact that countries rich in natural resources often show lower rates of economic growth compared to resource-poor countries, is commonly attributed to the low quality of governance in resource-rich countries. The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) was founded in 2003 to address this problem through increasing the quality 
of the public financial management of resource flows. By joining this initiative, governments show their willingness to reform and to improve their governance. As the quality of governance is an important factor for investors in deciding where to invest, this signal has the potential to improve a country’s appeal for foreign direct investment (FDI). This study shows in a panel of 81 countries that joining the EITI increases the ratio of FDI inflows to GDP on average by around two percentage points. This is a remarkable increase given that the average ratio of FDI inflows to GDP in the sample is five percent. The results are robust when controlling for selection bias due to the voluntary decision to join the initiative and possible endogeneity of the candidate variable. 
date: 2013-01
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00014368
schriftenreihe_cluster_id: sr-3
schriftenreihe_order: 0538
ppn_swb: 1651989966
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-143684
language: eng
bibsort: SCHMALJOHAENHANCINGF201301
full_text_status: public
series: Discussion Paper Series / University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
volume: 0538
pages: 34
citation:   Schmaljohann, Maya  (2013) Enhancing Foreign Direct Investment via Transparency? Evaluating the Effects of the EITI on FDI.  [Working paper]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/14368/1/Schmaljohann_2013_dp538.pdf