tailieunhanh - Behavioral economics perspective on foreign direct investment in emerging markets: The case on Bosnia and Herzegovina

This research provides overview of previous studies and focuses on the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) as representative of emerging markets to investigate motivations for investing into this country by temporarily present foreign companies. | Behavioral economics perspective on foreign direct investment in emerging markets The case on Bosnia and Herzegovina Accounting 3 2017 181 196 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Accounting homepage ac Behavioral economics perspective on foreign direct investment in emerging markets The case on Bosnia and Herzegovina Amra Halabaa Erkan Ilguenb and Sanel Halilbegovićc a MS in Financial Management International Burch University Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina b Associate Prof. Burch University Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina c Assistant. Prof. Burch University Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina CHRONICLE ABSTRACT Article history The growing field of behavioral economics BE has revolutionized the way we look at Received September 5 2016 economic behavior at micro and macro levels. Importance of foreign direct investment FDI Received in revised format appeals for analysis of decisions made regarding it to be assessed from expanding view of BE. September 16 2016 This research provides overview of previous studies and focuses on the case of Bosnia and Accepted October 24 2016 Available online Herzegovina B amp H as representative of emerging markets to investigate motivations for October 24 2016 investing into this country by temporarily present foreign companies. Empirical analysis was Keywords based on the questionnaire that was disseminated among foreign investors to B amp H. Behavioral Economics Questionnaire contained motivations for investing in B amp H where examined motivation factors Foreign Direct Investments were divided in two groups namely irrational and rational ones. Choice of methodology was Emerging Markets narrowed due to moderate sample size but consisting of quality the sample members. In order Emotional Bias to analyze data descriptive statistics correlation analysis and regression analysis were used. By regressing two groups of predictors on annual amount of foreign investments .