https://macrothink.org/journal/index.php/rae/issue/feedResearch in Applied Economics2024-03-10T20:18:35-07:00Emilia Leerae@macrothink.orgOpen Journal Systems<img style="float: right; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px;" src="/journal/public/site/images/rae/01.jpg" alt="" width="350" /><p><em>Research in Applied Economics (RAE)</em> is an international, peer-reviewed online journal published by Macrothink Institute. It publishes papers in applied economics broadly defined.</p><p>The purpose of the journal is to enhance the study of economic issues. A wide range of applied economic researches with high quality are concerned with behaviors and policies of economic organizations and producers, consumers and governments. The journal plays an important role in promoting the scholarly investigation of issues involved in economics activities and in providing opportunities for sharing the results among members of the academic community.</p><p>Topics include but are not limited to:</p><ul><li>Monetary policy</li><li>Fiscal policy</li><li>Exchange rates</li><li>International economics</li><li>Economic growth and development</li><li>Labor economics and relations</li><li>Regional and urban economics</li><li>Industrial organization</li><li>Applied microeconomics</li><li>Energy economics</li><li>Public policy</li><li>Economic programs</li></ul><p><em>Research in Applied Economics (RAE)</em> accepts the following types of article:<br />Original articles, Review papers, Case studies</p>https://macrothink.org/journal/index.php/rae/article/view/21607FDI Inflows and Economic Growth: A Novel Application of Dose-Response Functions2024-03-10T20:18:35-07:00Alessandro Cusimanoalessandro.cusimano@unipa.itChiara Paola Doneganic.donegani@aston.ac.ukFederico Fantechifederico.fantechi@unipa.itEun Sun Godwine.godwin@wlv.ac.ukIn this work we estimate different dose-response functions linking FDI inflows received by developing countries with their economic growth. Although the impact of FDI on the economic growth of host countries has been widely investigated in literature, findings have been ambiguous. Our study proposes a novel ‘dose-response’ approach which allows the response of recipients to different amounts of treatment in terms of FDI inflow to be observed. Our findings show that the estimated dose-response functions are statistically significant for treatment values greater than 20%, after the treatment has been rescaled to a percentage measure of the maximum dose observed, and increasing at a decreasing rate, therefore suggesting three relevant results: a) a country receiving a greater amount of FDI inflows will present a higher economic growth; b) there might be a minimum amount of FDI inflows required to reach some policy effectiveness; c) the initial amounts of FDI inflow are more effective than the subsequent ones. Results will help policymakers to better isolate the effect of FDI on economic growth and conduct informed FDI cost-benefit analysis.2024-03-10T20:18:35-07:00Copyright (c) 2024 Alessandro Cusimano, Chiara Paola Donegani, Federico Fantechi, Eun Sun Godwin