Abstract
The current study explores the impact of intellectual property right, financial development and institutional quality on foreign direct investment. Data of patent index were used as a proxy of intellectual property right. Financial development index and institutional quality variables were taken from ICRG for the period of 1980- 2016, by applying pooled OLS, fixed test. Sample of 123 developing countries data set were used. The results are consistent with theory of OLI presented by Dunning 1979. The results explain more than 70 percent of FDI significance level is explained by these proxies. The only paper that identifies Patent right index is by Park (2008) that took patent index from 1960-2005. Furthermore, work is under taken where the patent right variables are taken as independent variables. On the contrary previous studies have empirically examined the effect of patent proxy effect on the creativity, innovations and the dissemination of the technology transfer. This study differs because patent index is included with institutional quality variables. Beside this the high level financial development is a catalyst in attracting FDI. Moreover, the FDI is higher in military regime, which is due to higher level of dis stability regime in the country. However, results shows that developing countries can improve regulatory quality by maintaining bureaucracy and accountability to enable them to take advantage from the external finance which further boosts the growth of economy.
Palwasha Farooq, Arshad Hassan, Junaid Ahmed. (2019) Impact of Intellectual Property Rights Institutional Quality and Financial Development on Foreign Direct Investment - Evidence from Developing Countries, Jinnah Business Review, Volume 7, Issue 1.
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