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标题：Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Economic Growth of Pakistan
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作者：Nayyra Zeb ; Fu Qiang ; Sundas Rauf 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Economics and Finance
印刷版ISSN：1916-971X
电子版ISSN：1916-9728
出版年度：2013
卷号：6
期号：1
页码：32
DOI：10.5539/ijef.v6n1p32
语种：English
出版社：Canadian Center of Science and Education
摘要：Foreign direct investment (FDI) is often seen as a significant factor of economic development in developing countries like Pakistan. The aim of this article is to investigate the effect of FDI on Pakistan’s economic growth during 1972–2012. Besides FDI, three other variables such as trade openness, political instability and terrorist attacks are also used in this study. Least square method has been applied to check the effect of these variables on GDP of Pakistan. The results show that FDI has positive significant effect on economic growth of Pakistan.