Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/45133 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Research Paper No. 2008/88
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
We use a modified gravity model to estimate the relationship between trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). We find evidence of a significant causal relationship from SADC's exports to inward FDI. Distance (reflecting remoteness and transport costs) and political instability are confirmed to be significant determinants of FDI to SADC. We discern differences in the patterns and determinants of FDI to SADC, whether it is from the USA and UK or from continental Europe. In the case of FDI to SADC from the USA and UK, it is exports from SADC to these countries that are significant, and not imports, while, in the case of continental Europe, both exports and imports are significantly associated with FDI to SADC.
Subjects: 
FDI
SADC
South Africa
exports
gravity model
JEL: 
F21
F14
F23
O16
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-142-2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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