Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education
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Journal

Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education


Volume
& Issue

Volume 12, Issue 3


Published
on

April 5, 2021


Pages

4067-4076


DOI

Article

Determinants Of Foreign Direct Investment In The Manufacturing Industry: A VectorAutoregression Model Approach


Authors

Symon Elli R. Blas Affiliation:
Graduate School, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Philippines
and Laurence P. Usona Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Philippines


Abstract

This paper aimed to identify the factors that affect Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the manufacturing industry using a Vector Autoregression (VAR) model. The researcher selected possible economic indicators (Agriculture, Consumer Price Index, Government Expenditure and Unit Labour Cost) through theories and empirical evidences from various researches, covering quarterly period of 2004-2018. The result showed that there is a significant relationship between FDI and the selected economic indicators. It also revealed that shocks agriculture produces a positive impact, as well as government expenditure. However, consumer price index when introduced to shocks showed an immediate negative impact. On the other hand, unit labor cost did not have a significant impact on the foreign investments. The future variability of FDI primarily depends on itself, while the selected indicators affect roughly one-tenth of the future values of FDI.


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Citation

Blas, S. E. R. & Usona, L. P. (2021). Determinants of foreign direct investment in the manufacturing industry: A vectorautoregression model approach. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education, 12(3), 4067–4076.

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