Infrastructure and FDI Inflows Into Mexico: A Panel Data Approach

Authors

Andre V. Mollick, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Rene Ramos-Duran
Esteban Silva-Ochoa

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-13-2006

Abstract

In December 1993, restrictions to foreign ownership across major Mexican economic sectors were abolished. This paper studies output, industrialization intensity, \"international infrastructure\", and government expenditures on infrastructure as determinants of FDI inflows into Mexican states over 1994-2001. We conduct a \"general to specific\" estimation strategy across Mexican states. Telephone lines appear to be very important to FDI as their coefficients are around 2.0 in Random Effects Models. Industrialization is also important, with coefficients varying from 0.62 to 0.67. Allowing for endogeneity between FDI and real output, dynamic GMM panels confirm the robust effects of telephone lines on FDI. International infrastructure thus appears more conducive to FDI than domestic infrastructure, such as interstate and secondary roads. With international infrastructure being a major catalyst of FDI inflows into Mexico, we provide support to ongoing conventional wisdom promoting such type of investment.

Comments

© 2006, Walter de Gruyter. Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.2202/1524-5861.1094.

Recommended Citation

Mollick, Andre Varella, Rene Ramos-Duran, and Esteban Silva-Ochoa. “Infrastructure and FDI Inflows into Mexico: A Panel Data Approach.” Global Economy Journal 6, no. 1 (February 13, 2006): 1850078. https://doi.org/10.2202/1524-5861.1094.

Publication Title

Global Economy Journal

DOI

10.2202/1524-5861.1094