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ArticleHeliyon2021

Does regional integration matter for sustainable economic growth? Fostering the role of FDI, trade openness, IT exports, and capital formation in BRI countries.

Mubasher Zaman, Chen Pinglu, Sayed Irshad Hussain, Atta Ullah, Ningyu Qian

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Article in Heliyon, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mubasher ZamanSchool of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Chen PingluSchool of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Sayed Irshad HussainDepartment of Social Sciences, SZABIST, Karachi, Pakistan.
Atta UllahSchool of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Ningyu QianSchool of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IT exports, capital formation, FDI, and trade openness are the key elements to bring sustainable economic growth to any country, since these act as a lifeline to bring sustainability to countries. This study aims to estimate the impact of IT exports, gross capital formation, FDI, and trade openness on sustainable economic growth with regional integration of BRI countries using the annual panel data from 2013 to 2018. Moderating variable is regional integration, while the trade freedom index, investment freedom index, real interest rate, and inflation are control variables. The two-step system GMM technique is applied to the sample as the number of moment conditions is greater than the number of parameters. The results suggest that FDI and gross capital formation have a substantial positive impact on economic growth, whereas IT exports and trade openness have a negative, insignificant impact. The overall results suggest that China's outward FDI has boosted the economic growth in countries while trade openness has a negligible since most developing countries need to invest in industrialization and encourage exports based growth.

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Belt & road countriesFDIICTsRegional integrationSustained economic growthTradeTwo-step system generalized method of moments (GMM)

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PMID34917822
PMCPMC8669309

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