Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Kinh tế và Quản trị kinh doanh (Jun 2023)

The role of foreign direct investment in the relationship between economic growth and tourism revenue in Vietnam

  • Ngô Thái Hưng,
  • Nguyễn Yến Nhi,
  • Bùi Nguyễn Bình Chân,
  • Phạm Thị Kim Xuyến,
  • Nguyễn Hoàng Thanh Ân

DOI
https://doi.org/10.46223/HCMCOUJS.econ.vi.18.4.2232.2023
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 4
pp. 63 – 76

Abstract

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In this study, we shed light on the causal relationship between tourism revenue (TOV) and economic growth (GDP) during the period from 1995 to 2020 and then analyze the role of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in explaining the movement of the TOV-GDP relationship within the Quantile-on-Quantile Regression (QQR) and Granger causality in different quantiles frameworks. The results from the QQR indicate that TOV and FDI remarkably impact economic growth in different quantiles. More specifically, the Granger causality test findings suggest a bidirectional association between the concerned variables at divergent quantiles exists. The consistency of the results uncovers that the estimates are reliable and appropriate for supporting strategies aimed at increasing economic growth in Vietnam.

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