المجلة الجزائرية للتنمية الإقتصادية
Volume 7, Numéro 1, Pages 451-460
2020-06-25

Foreign Direct Investment And Economic Growth In Algeria During The Period 1990-2018: An Application Of The Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model(ardl)

Authors : Cherakrak Samir . Gaham Wahiba .

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Foreign Direct Investment; Economic growth; Imports; local capital; ARDL.