أثر التكامل الاقتصادي بين دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي على الاستثمار الأجنبي المباشر

Abstract EN

The purpose of this paper is to analyze and measure the impact of economic integration on foreign direct investment in GCC countries during the period 1981-2011 using co-integration method, among key variables: Inflow of Foreign Direct Investment, Gross Domestic Product and Intra-Trade.

Results show that economic variables are stationary in first differences; besides, the existence of long term relationship between these variables and a causality relationship among foreign direct investment and economic integration.