Abstract
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is an element that can promote the growth of the country that will receive the resource. One factor that can influence the decision of investors and foreigners to choose the country in which they will invest is the governance environment of the host country. Based on this logic, this study analyzed the influence of corruption in attracting FDI. Data were collected from 184 countries between 2002 and 2016. The Panel Data technique with fixed effect was used, using two variables to represent corruption (control of corruption and corruption) and nine control variables (market size, domestic investment, infrastructure, interest rate, openness, labor force, GDP growth, donations of resources and quality of institutions). The proposed model showed that high corruption negatively affects the flow of FDI. In addition, the control variables that remained in the model were domestic investment, interest rate, labor force and GDP growth. Policy makers should be aware that the political environment is a crucial factor for FDI flow and policies should be properly structured to meet the basic requirements of attracting investment and thus economic growth in general.
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Corruption, Countries
