Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Indonesia “Evidence from Co-Integration and Error Correction Modeling”

Abstract

This study aims to examine the influence of macroeconomic indicators and infrastructure spending on foreign direct investment (FDI) in the period 1981 to 2018. This study uses a quantitative approach. The sample in this study is macroeconomic variables, which include gross domestic product, inflation, debt to GDP ratio, interest rates, exchange rates, and infrastructure spending in the 1981 to 2018 period. The analysis technique used is cointegration and error correction modeling. The analysis shows that gross domestic product, inflation, debt to GDP ratio, interest rates, exchange rates, and infrastructure spending have a long-term and short-term relationship to FDI.