The business performance environment and attracting foreign direct investment : econometric study

الملخص EN

This study aims to test the impact of the business performance environment through the ease of doing business index in attracting foreign direct investment in the Arab countries, by applying the Panels, joint complementarity and causation models on a sample of 19 Arabic countries during the period 2008-2018.

The study indicated that the ease of doing business has a positive effect in attracting foreign direct investment in the Arab countries, in addition to the existence of a long-term relationship between the study variables, and the existence of a causal relationship in the short term for the ease of doing business indicator.