<b>The Possible Responsiveness of FDI to Electric Power Consumption in Different Income Level </b>

In “the possible responsiveness of FDI to electric power consumption at different income-level” Wondimu Sigo investigates that high-income countries have a high level of electric power consumption and therefore electric power consumption becomes less important for them to attract FDI. But electric power consumption can significantly increase net FDI inflow for middle & low-income countries because for these countries, especially for low-income countries, sufficient electricity supply is important for FDI inflow. In addition, numerous researchers have tried to study the relationship between net inflows of FDI and energy consumption. The research has been concluded that as FDI allows for cheaper and easier access to capital, demand for energy increase with FDI inflows increase.

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Modern energy in the form of electricity is vital for economic activities such as for getting clean water, and healthcare, for getting stable and effective lighting, heating, and cooking. However, in developing countries there is a huge shortage of electricity and big gaps in access, while access to electricity in developed countries almost reached a hundred percent. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to shows the possible responsiveness of FDI to electric power consumption in different income-level. Hence, this study aims to address questions, including how is the relationship between economic activities such as FDI and electricity consumption in different income-level. For motivating the research, 131 countries data have been collected from WDI and US-EIA from 1992 to 2016 and both quantitative and qualitative methods used.

The cross-country regression result shows that there exists an inverse-U shaped relationship between EPC and FDI net inflow because most high-income countries have a high level of EPC and therefore EPC becomes less important for them to attract FDI. But when we separate the total sample into two, EPC can significantly increase net FDI inflow for middle & low-income countries because for these countries, especially for low-income countries, sufficient electricity supply is important for FDI inflow.

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Author and article information

Journal

Title: ScienceOpen Preprints

Publisher: ScienceOpen

Publication date (Electronic preprint): 24 August 2021

Affiliations

[1 ] Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development, Peking University, Beijing, 5 Yiheyuan Rd, Haidian District, China, 100871

Author notes

[* ]Email: wondimu1969@ 123456gmail.com .

Author information

Wondimu Sigo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7838-613X

Article

DOI: 10.14293/S2199-1006.1.SOR-.PPSZS7A.v1

SO-VID: 3507238f-c14f-4125-977d-548a209f81a2

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This work has been published open access under Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY 4.0 , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Conditions, terms of use and publishing policy can be found at www.scienceopen.com .

History

Date received : 24 August 2021

Data availability: The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

ScienceOpen disciplines: Agriculture,Engineering,Economics

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment,Electricity Power Consumption,Labor Force

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1.abstract

It is well articulated and very brief, but author does not explain the methodology employed to reach these conclusions and recommendations.

2.Introduction

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Theoretical review should be included
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The Possible Responsiveness of FDI to Electric Power Consumption in Different Income Level

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