Investment of some effective factors on FDI in selected developing countries with approach of marketing

In recent years, foreign direct investment in developing countries has been a policy priority. As the structure and infrastructure of a country's economy become stronger, foreign investors are more likely to have direct investment in that country. For this purpose, the present study tries to investigate the effect of some of marketing factors on FDI in developing countries in the period of 2000 to 2012 using the panel data method. The results show that in developing countries, variables of the income of market demandants in societies and commercial share in the level of international trading and the varieties of producer’s costs, and research and development costs and general price level changes respectively have had positive and negative effects on FDI.

Keywords:

FDI , international trading , panel data