Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2020, 68(6), 1011-1018 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun202068061011

The Impact of Monetary Policy and Tax Revenues on Foreign Direct Investment Inflows: An Empirical Study on Jordan

Shahriyar Mukhtarov1,2, Mustafa Mohammad Alalawneh3, Mayis Azizov1, Farid Jabiyev1
1 Department of World Economy, Baku Engineering University, Hasan Aliyev 120, Khirdalan, Baku AZ0101, Azerbaijan
2 UNEC Empirical Research Center, Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC), Istiqlaliyyat Str. 6, Baku AZ1001, Azerbaijan
3 School of Economics and Management, Khazar University, 41 Mehseti Str., Baku AZ1096, Azerbaijan

The study examines the impact of monetary policy (proxied by money supply and interest rate) and tax revenue on foreign direct investment (FDI) in Jordan employing time series data period from 1991 to 2017. The Vector Error Correction Model (VECM), the Canonical Cointegrating Regression (CCR) and the Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS) methods are applied in empirical estimations. Estimation results reveal that money supply has a positive and statistically significant impact on the FDI while, tax revenue has a negative impact on FDI in Jordan. Also, we find that the impact of interest rate is statistically insignificant.The results of current study are useful for the policymakers to formulate appropraite policies and support the literature for further researches in the case of developing economies.

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), monetary policy, tax revenues, VECM, Jordan

Received: October 1, 2019; Accepted: November 15, 2020; Published: December 17, 2020  Show citation

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Mukhtarov, S., Alalawneh, M.M., Azizov, M., & Jabiyev, F. (2020). The Impact of Monetary Policy and Tax Revenues on Foreign Direct Investment Inflows: An Empirical Study on Jordan. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 68(6), 1011-1018. doi: 10.11118/actaun202068061011
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