Discussion Paper
No. 2018-17 | February 15, 2018
Nouha Bougharriou, Walid Benayed and Foued Badr Gabsi
The democracy and economic growth nexus: do FDI and government spending matter? Evidence from the Arab world
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Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to examine the direct and indirect links between democracy and economic growth. To do so, the authors estimate a dynamic panel simultaneous equations model on a sample of 16 Arab countries during the period 2002–2013. This study focuses on two particular channels through which democracy affects growth, namely FDI inflows and public consumption expenditure. The results show that there is no clear relationship between democracy and economic growth in the Arab countries, which confirms the skeptical approach. The ambiguity of this relationship can be explained by the fact that democracy promotes growth indirectly by stimulating FDI inflows and hinders growth by generating higher public consumption expenditure.

Data Set

JEL Classification:

C3, O40, P16

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[Please cite the corresponding journal article] Nouha Bougharriou, Walid Benayed, and Foued Badr Gabsi (2018). The democracy and economic growth nexus: do FDI and government spending matter? Evidence from the Arab world. Economics Discussion Papers, No 2018-17, Kiel Institute for the World Economy. http://www.economics-ejournal.org/economics/discussionpapers/2018-17


Comments and Questions



Anonymous - Heterogeneous data
February 15, 2018 - 17:55
Good job ;)there is no arab Democratic country but Tunisia so your data is not homogenous!!!! Also most of sub saharian African countries are Democratic and no considerable FDI !!¡)

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March 26, 2018 - 08:08
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April 04, 2018 - 07:47
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