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Driffield, Nigel L. and Karoglou, Michail (2019) Brexit and foreign investment in the UK. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society) , 182 (2). pp. 559-582. doi:10.1111/rssa.12417

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rssa.12417

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Abstract

We explore the likely effect of Brexit on inward foreign direct investment (FDI) through its possible effect on the benchmark variables that characterize the macroeconomy. For this we propose the use of a Markov regime switching structural vector auto‐regression to distinguish between the volatile and stable states of the economy and account, among other effects, for the contemporaneous effects that the frequency of FDI innately generates. Our findings suggest that, if Brexit triggers a sterling depreciation in the current economic climate, this will fuel a prolonged negative effect on FDI. FDI flows may be positively affected (at most) by a sterling depreciation after Brexit only if this event drives the UK economy to a period of highly volatile growth, inflation, interest and exchange rates: a scenario that is rather unlikely. And, even then, the sterling depreciation benefits would last for only a short period of time.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): European Union -- Great Britain, Investments, Foreign -- Great Britain, Balance of trade -- Great Britain, Autoregression (Statistics), Vector analysis
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society)
Publisher: Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
ISSN: 0964-1998
Official Date: February 2019
Dates:
DateEvent
February 2019Published
25 October 2018Available
1 September 2018Accepted
Volume: 182
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 559-582
DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12417
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Publisher Statement: "This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Driffield, N. and Karoglou, M. (2018), Brexit and foreign investment in the UK. J. R. Stat. Soc. A. . doi:10.1111/rssa.12417, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/rssa.12417. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions."
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