Infrastructure Quality, Firm Characteristics And Foreign Ownership In Africa: Evidence From Firm Level Manufacturing Data

dc.contributor.author	Makoni, Patricia Lindelwa
dc.date.accessioned	2018-11-15T10:48:25Z
dc.date.available	2018-11-15T10:48:25Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.identifier.citation	Moyo, B and Makoni, PLR. 2011. Infrastructure Quality, Firm Characteristics And Foreign Ownership In Africa: Evidence From Firm Level Manufacturing Data. Corporate Ownership and Control 9 (1), 638-647	en
dc.identifier.issn	1810-3057
dc.identifier.issn	1727-9232
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25033
dc.description.abstract	The primary objective of this study was to examine the role played by the quality of infrastructure and firm heterogeneity on the amount and probability of being foreign invested using maximum likelihood techniques like the Probit and Tobit models. Results show that firm size and skilled labour have a positive and significant effect in attracting FDI, whilst firm age, unionisation and power outages have a negative and significant effect. Water problems do not matter much in attracting foreign investors.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Virtus Interpress	en
dc.subject	ownership	en
dc.subject	corporate governance	en
dc.subject	Africa	en
dc.title	Infrastructure Quality, Firm Characteristics And Foreign Ownership In Africa: Evidence From Firm Level Manufacturing Data	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.description.department	Finance, Risk Management and Banking	en