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Arab Journal of Administration المجلة العربية للإدارة

Abstract

The study aimed to measure the impact of the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Jordan's balance of payments. Four dimensions of the FDI were investigated; GDP, consumer prices, export prices and import prices.The study was conducted to cover the population depends on a comprehensive survey of data for the years (1995-2009), comprehensive survey used to clarify the evolution of the determinants of foreign direct investment and the balance of payments before and after Jordan's accession to the World Trade Organization. In order to analyze the data statistically, the researcher conducting tribal tests Normal distribution to test the normality of the data (one sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test).Multi-collenirity using inflation factor variance to test the correlation between the independent variables and,autocorrelation test using Durbin Watson to test the correlation between the errors, then the researcher built the Standard Model explores the impact of each of the gross domestic product, consumer prices, export prices, and import prices on the balance of payments of Jordan, using a multiple regression model.The findings of the study indicated that there is a significant effect for the four dimensions of FDI on BOP in under research; the imports prices variable has the greatest impact on balance of payments of Jordan followed by consumer prices variable, GDP variable and export prices variable. followed by consumer prices variable, GDP variable and export prices variable.

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