Foreign direct investment and economic growth in Algeria during the period 1990-2018 : an application of the autoregressive distributed lag model (ARDL)‎

الملخص EN

The aim of this study is to analyze the Impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth in Algeria over the period 1990-2018.

We used the Auto regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL), developed by Pesaran & al (2001), The study shows that in the short and long run, FDI has a significant negative effect on growth in Algeria.

This means that foreign direct investment has had a negative effect on the economic growth of Algeria.

the study also found that local capital and imports have had a positive effect on the economic growth in Algeria.