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The impact of foreign direct investments on economic growth: the case of Ghana
Tetteh, Mavis
This thesis seeks to investigates the effects of FDI on the Ghana’s gross domestic product advancement. The study applied the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model using data from the World Bank from 1990 to 2021. The Johansen cointegration test indicated a prolong persistent association between the variables. The Collinearity test using the BKW indicates no existence of perfect combination of the explanatory variables. However, the empirical findings displayed that in the long run FDI had no significant effect on the GDP expansion in Ghana whereas there was a positive short-term influence. The study entreats the government and GIPC to continue to strengthen the measures that help to attract FDIs to Ghana and focus on creating a enabling environment for these investments to strive and yield positive economic growth impact in the long run as well.
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Vliv přímých zahraničních investic (FDI) na strukturu a zahraniční obchod ghanské ekonomiky
Yeboah, Evans
This thesis explores the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on Ghana's economy and foreign trade using a multivariate time series approach. The study analyzes data from 1984-2020, employing techniques such as the Johansen coin-tegration test, Vector Error Correction Model (VECM), and Granger causality test. The results suggest that FDI has a positive relationship with the agriculture and service sectors, but a negative effect on manufacturing. In contrast, imports have a positive relationship with agriculture and service sectors, but a negative effect on manufacturing. Export has a negative effect on agriculture and service sectors, but a positive impact on manufacturing. The Johansen test shows a positive relationship between FDI and exports and a negative relationship between FDI and imports. The study also suggests that FDI and exports positively impact economic growth, while imports harm it. The VECM analysis shows a long-run interdependency among agriculture, manufacturing, services, FDI, exports, and imports. The Granger causality test reveals a unidirectional short-term relationship between agriculture and service sectors and explanatory variables (FDI, exports, and imports), but no short-term causality between manufacturing and FDI, exports, and imports. The study recommends that Ghana's government should focus on FDI and exports to boost economic growth.
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Výdaje na výzkum a vývoj a ekonomický růst
Danyś, Ondřej
Danyś, O. Research and Development Expenditures and Economic Growth. Bachelor thesis. Brno: Mendel University in Brno, 2023. The bachelor's thesis examines the relationship between R&D spending and economic growth with a focus on government spending. The goal of the work is fulfilled thanks to panel regression analysis. The theoretical part shows the reasons why these expenses should lead to economic growth and contributes to the creation of the model in the empirical part. In the empirical part, a panel regression analysis is performed based on data from selected OECD countries. The period chosen for this analysis is between 2000-2020. The results of this regression indicated a positive effect of both total and government R&D expenditures on economic growth.
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Vplyv ekonomického vývoja na emisie skleníkových plynov v EÚ
Muchaničová, Júlia
Muchaničová, J. Influence of economic performance on greenhouse gas emissions in EU. Thesis. Brno: Mendel university in Brno, 2023. The diploma thesis focuses on the identification of economic determinants, which influence CO2 emissions and thus also on the fulfillment of the relevant goals of sustainable development. The analysis is created through indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, energy consumption, crude oil prices and foreign trade. The first part of the work deals with an overview of the literature on the given topic. The issue of sustainable development and the relationship between economic growth and the quality of the environment is summarized. The empirical part consists of three chapters. A general model, the Environmental Kuznets Curve model, and also will be created the analysis of the lag of economic growth on the environment.
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The impact of public debt on Ghana's economic growth
Ansah, Ebenezer Yaw
ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH Using the Ordinary Least Square Technique, the research investigated the impact of public debt on economic growth in Ghana from 1980 to 2022. The Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) technique was also employed in the study to assess time series data stationarity. The time series plot was used in the study to assess the patterns in public debt and economic growth. To examine the impact of public debt on economic growth, the Ordinary Least Squares Method was utilized. The research showed a significant negative relationship between public debt and economic growth (GDP) across the study period. This suggests that the Ghanaian economy's sluggish growth is primarily due to the government's huge amounts of debt. Internal revenues that could have been used to propel expansion and growth are diverted to debt servicing both internally and outside. This has a rippling effect on the economy, and it is a major issue that the country should be able to look at and devise inventive methods for generating revenues while reducing excessive government expenditure. Over the years, government of Ghana has maintained a budget deficit and had to borrow to pay the salary of public sector workers. This is due to a lack of adequate fiscal policy to regulate policymakers' operations and spending habits. The country is also not coming up with new ways to generate revenue.
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Institutions and economic growth
Matúš, Samuel
This bachelor thesis studies the relationship between the quality of political and economic institutions and economic growth using panel data models of 169 countries over the period 1990-2021. The study provides the necessary evidence that institutions support economic growth. Economic institutions have greater significance in comparison with political institutions which can be caused by not creating a specific category for non-democratic, oil-oriented countries. An additional model was conducted on 90 countries with data from 2000 to 2021 to find determinants of institutional quality which are tax revenue, economic development, and cultural and geographical effects. These findings and pitfalls may benefit both researchers and policymakers seeking a better understanding of growth-enhancing institutions.
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Determinants of Economic Development in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Czech Republic
Gonsior, Martin ; Zinecker, Marek (referee) ; Luňáček, Jiří (advisor)
This master thesis focuses on uncovering the determinants of growth in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Czech Republic. The thesis is divided into a theoretical basis, which is devoted to economic growth and the determinants that can affect it, and an analytical part, where the dependence of selected determinants on economic growth is examined. The results of the individual analyses are compared with each other. At the end of this thesis, the results are discussed and recommendations are formulated for the top institutions of the selected countries.
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Vliv korupce na ekonomický růst v zemích EU
Horvatová, Martina
Horvatová, M., The influence of corruption on economic growth of member states of the European Union. Bachelor thesis. Brno: Mendel University, 2016. This bachelor thesis deals with the influence of corruption over the economic growth of member states of the European Union. The thesis describes the evolution of economic growth and the climate of corruption, the institutional environment, and a fight against the corruption in the European Union. The analysis of the influence of corruption over the economic growth with help of multiple regression in the panel data set is used in order to reach the goal of the thesis. The conclusion of the thesis summarizes all findings, and the possible recommendation of limiting the corruption within the European Union is proposed.
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Trends in economic growth and inequality in southern Africa: A comparative analysis among the low income countries
Zico, Abel Joaquim
This study investigates and compares the trends of economic growth and income inequalities in five low income countries members of Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) for the period of 1990 to 2013. It also analyses the relationship between growth and inequalities in the studied countries. It is a quantitative and qualitative study and was used the descriptive, analytical, statistical and comparative methods. The descriptive analysis indicates that the entire five economies grew in different performances and they are not absolutely convergent, but is a relative convergence among some countries. However, the inequality level trend to decrease in these countries but in very small levels. The results using econometric models and Ordinary Last Square (OLS) estimator show that the factors affecting economic growth and inequalities are not all the same and do not react in the same way for all countries. It also found out that the relationship between growth and inequality is not mutual in all countries. Therefore, growth trend to reduce inequality in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia, but trend to increase in Zimbabwe.
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Remitence a ekonomický rozvoj v zemích jižní Asie a Latinské Ameriky
Kupka, Michal
Remittances have become a very important source of income in developing countries. The aim of the thesis is to identify the main impacts of remittances on economic development in South Asia and Latin America and to compare these impacts between these regions. The main impacts of remittances on economic development were identified by literature review. The available literature dealing with topic of remittances devotes the most space to impacts on gross domestic product, poverty, education, health and investment. Next, regression models were used to quantify and to find differences between identified main impacts. System GMM estimator was used to find impact on gross domestic product. Different effect of remittances on the growth of gross domestic product between regions was found. Using the OLS model, a different effect was found also in the case of the impact of remittances on poverty. The impact on education was the last impact analyzed. According to the OLS model, there is a larger difference in educational expenditure between remittance receiving households and households not receiving remittances in Latin America than in South Asia. The impact on health and investment has not been further investigated due to lack of data.
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