Article Type : Research Article
Authors : Seraj M and Conteh K
Keywords : Market capitalization; Foreign direct investment; Germany; Inflation
The
essence of this study is to objectively evaluate in what way foreign direct
investment influences the growth of Germany's stock market and to establish
whether or not they are related in some way. The main emphasis is on foreign
direct investment's (FDI) contribution to the development of the German stock
market of major significance. Considering the relationship of FDI, domestic
savings and the foreign exchange rate on Germany's soaring stock markets, we
will look at the connection between foreign direct investment and inflation. We
used the Auto Regressive Distributive Lag model with the bound testing to
capture both the short and long-run co-integration dynamics of the links taking
into consideration the yearly time series data from 1980 to 2019. The
complement hypothesis, which states that there exists a connection between
foreign direct investment and stock market development, is proven in the
short-run. Over the long-run, foreign direct investment (FDI) has a significant
impact on stock market development in Germany. In other words, empirical data
shows that FDI and market capitalization have a significant positive connection
over time. This indicates that FDI has connection with the expansion of the
German stock market. In the near term, there is relationship between FDI and
stock market development. Because FDI contributes to stock market development,
the German government should work to attract FDI by taking a variety of
measures, such as ensuring political stability in the country, providing adequate
infrastructure, minimizing volatility of foreign exchange and interest rates
through appropriate and effective monetary policy, providing incentives such as
tax breaks, and improving infrastructure in Germany, among other things.a
A
robust financial system is often seen as essential for the growth and stability
of every economy. The financial structure of the economy is influenced by the
stock market, which is a component that is worth pointing out. It is a method
of funding a new company that is based on anticipated profit margins and
returns. The stock market provides an indication of a country's economic
growth. For the development of a nation's stock market, as well as, investment,
saving and economic growth, it is necessary to ensure long-term prosperity for
a country. Based on studies of theoretical finance, improvements in the economy
may be linked to growth in the stock market. Investment in which foreign owners
have the ability to affect the conduct of the companies in which they invest is
referred to as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the United States. One of the
primary drivers of foreign direct investment is the globalization of production
and competition. The transfer of some manufacturing operations to more lucrative
areas is the second cause for this trend. Labor-intensive manufacturing in
industrialized nations has mostly been outsourced to developing countries,
where wages are lower and working conditions more favorable. Many (if not all)
of today's poor nations will be unable to achieve sustained and rapid
development unless they receive significant foreign direct investment (FDI)
from foreign-owned multinational companies. Without foreign direct investment,
it would be difficult to transfer technologies and build worldwide networks.
Since the mid-1990s, the financial and political sectors have grown
substantially, with both stock and bond markets becoming bigger in both the
developed and developing worlds. To attract more FDI, the majority of nations
have changed their regulations and strengthened their economies by privatizing
their state-owned companies, conducting financial reforms, opening up their
capital markets, and providing tax incentives and subsidies, amongst other
measures. More than trading or even listing stocks on a local level, many
emerging nations would benefit more from preserving strong foundations and
attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). Stock exchanges were also created
to make it easier for people to transfer money to investment companies.
A
strong financial system is important for a country's financial growth and
success, and the stock market is a critical and basic component of the
country's economic development and prosperity. In addition to identifying and
promoting viable companies that will contribute to long-term economic
development, a well-managed stock market promotes investment by lowering the
cost of capital. Future economic activity may be predicted most accurately by
stock markets, and stock market stability is an indication of a nation's
overall economic strength. It is essential for a country's economic success
that its stock market continues to expand. In Germany, there are eight stock
exchanges, each of which is situated in a different part of the nation. All of
these stock exchanges have enormous power and influence in the global economy.
The German economy, while being the most developed in Europe, is the third most
developed in the world, behind only the United States and Japan. Germany has
been named the world's leading exporter of goods by the World Trade
Organization, which includes exports to countries outside the European Union.
According to purchasing power parity, Germany is ranked sixth in the world in
terms of purchasing power. This has resulted in the German Stock Exchange
becoming one of the most important stock markets in deciding worldwide trade
and business, which should come as no surprise. The latest recent figure for
the market capitalization of publicly traded domestic companies in Germany
(measured in current US dollars) was 1,755,170,000,000 (in current US dollars).
This indicator's value fluctuated between 2,262,220,000,000 in 2017 and
51,400,310,000 in 1975 during the previous 43 years, with the highest value
occurring in 2017.
In
2018, the market capitalization of publicly traded domestic businesses in
Germany accounted for 44.46 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). Over the
previous 43 years, it reached a high of 65.37 percent in 2000 and a low of 7.55
percent in 1980, reaching a maximum of 65.37 percent in 2000. The inflows of
foreign capital may help the expansion of the stock market in a number of ways.
First of all, in order to better understand why this happened, it is imperative
to identify which particular factor may have led to the stock market rally. A
major contributing factor is foreign capital inflows into local companies.
Because when this happens, companies become more valuable and can sustainably
invest more in their respective stocks. The way this flow is shown here is that
it affects stocks by strengthening their capital structure and making the
market more official, and in turn, boosting corporate profits, which ultimately
has an effect on the overall market value. The increasing significance of
financial markets across the globe has contributed to the widespread belief
that "finance" is a critical component of economic development. As a
consequence, expansion of the stock market and economic growth have remained
the primary focus. The stock market, as a basic pillar of a country's economy,
plays a vital role in the development of industry and commerce, both of which
have a major impact on the overall growth of the country's economy. This is why
corporate organizations, government consultants, and even the country's central
bank keep a close eye on the operations of the stock market. Finally, research
has shown a positive connection between FDI, remittances, and economic
development, Gui-Diby, and Iamsiraroja and Uluba?olu and the growth of an
economy. Positive economic growth implies a rise in company profitability,
which raises the worth of corporations and aids in the expansion of stock
markets. In other words, there is a bi-directional causal connection between
the development of the stock market and the expansion of the economy, and the
two indicators mutually reinforce one another. The influx of foreign capital,
on the other hand, helps to raise the quantity of money in the economy, which
helps to boost financial intermediation via the use of financial market
infrastructure. International capital flows are growing because countries have
gotten better at creating institutional environments where investors feel
protected and have started to devote themselves to things like growing the
stock market. This new effort and focus on improving the economy are strongly
supported by academic research.
Both
investors and members of the financial sector consider the stock market to be
historic. According to Levine and Zervos, some metrics may be used to gauge the
development of stock markets, and as a result, they have a direct connection
with the growth of the economy of the nation in which they are employed.
Liquidity, stock market capitalization, and stock market turnover are only a
few of the characteristics that exist. FDI is important to most developing
nations since it improves competitive business environments in countries around
the globe via the mix of money, technology, managerial competence, human
capital development, and an expansion of the economy. The economic study of the
function of FDI in economic growth, on the other hand, is disputed. The
presence of FDI in a country is beneficial on two counts. Its main benefit is
that it supplies the nation with the knowledge and resources they need to
succeed. Trade, price, financial, and other inefficiencies already in place, on
the other hand, will impede resource allocation and limit economic development
in the long run, Brecher and Diaz-Alejandro, Brecher, Boyd and Smith.
Inflation-adjusted FDI is a significant source of capital inflows into
developing countries. The transfer of managerial skills, technology and human
resources to the host nation is made possible via FDI. The goal of this study
is to determine whether or not FDI has an impact German’s stock exchange
development. A major impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows is the
mutual desire among countries to exchange technology and knowledge, which
results in increased efficiency and a better-trained workforce. It also
provides an opportunity for the receiving nation to promote its products and
services on a global level. The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) is
also a major source of financing for developing countries (OECD, 2008). A
significant increase in FDI into the global economy, particularly Germany, has
resulted from this development. The main goal of this investigation is to
establish whether or not the European Union has had an impact on German’s stock
market development. There is a triangular connection between foreign direct
investment, stock market development, and economic growth: (1) FDI supports
economic growth, (2) economic growth encourages stock market development, and
(3) FDI indirectly benefits stock market development (Figure 1).
Germany's
net FDI inflows, GDP, stock market capitalization, exchange rate, and real
effect inflation rate was all shown in the Figure 1 from 1980 to 2019. The
research will uncover the critical factors that have caused the German stock
market to advance, with an emphasis on how foreign direct investment has
influenced the process. Is foreign direct investment (FDI) helping to build the
stock market by serving as a complement to existing investors or as a
substitute for them? FDI to stock market growth link serves as a supplement for
this and is, therefore, regarded an important aspect of the market. In other
words, if the two markets have an inverse relationship, foreign direct
investment (FDI) could be utilized to fill the void that has been created by the
reduction in value of the stock market. As is usual in research, the findings
are split into parts. In the second section, you will get an overview of the
literature on the factors that influence the development of the stock market.
The third section describes the fundamental characteristics of Germany's stock
markets. The fourth second contains a detailed description of the method, as
well as the model and data. Following that, the fifth section discusses the
results, and sixth section closes with a few policy considerations.
Several
studies published in the "economics literature" have found a
connection between stock market development and economic growth. A
well-organized and managed stock market generates investment possibilities in a
nation by finding and funding productive initiatives that, in turn, result in
increased economic activity over the long term. It also enables the effective
allocation of capital, the mobilization of domestic savings, the
diversification of risks, and the interchange of commodities and services, among
other things [1]. "Direct investment" is used to describe a business
arrangement in which one country's citizen or company has bought out a firm in
another country. This is defined by the IMF and the OECD as a long-term
acquisition of a majority stake in a firm by a company or individual in one
country where the other country is where the company or individual who is doing
the investing resides (the direct investment enterprise). In other words, a
"lasting interest" is defined as a long-term relationship with an
investor, as well as control over a direct investment company' management. When
trading firm stock (shares) and derivatives, the stock market, also known as an
equity market, is a public place where these assets may be traded openly or
privately at a fixed price. When we talk about the stock market, we're talking
about the organized trading of equities via exchanges and over-the-counter
marketplaces. A stock market, as previously described, is a market for trading
stocks that are publicly traded on the stock exchange as well as stocks that
are sold privately at a price between private organizations or individuals.
The
stock market will benefit from the establishment of a favorable investment
environment, which promotes FDI. The researchers Sawkut, Wahid, and Seetanah
have all investigated what makes foreign direct investment occur. The research
findings show that nations that are more welcoming to foreign direct investment
are often less hazardous for investment, have solid institutions, and foster
market growth. There is a strong relationship between FDI and stock market
growth, according to Kalim [2,3] and Adam and Tweneboah. Several hypotheses
have been advanced to explain why foreign direct investment (FDI) flows from
developed to poor nations. These ideas cross the boundaries between
macroeconomics and microeconomics. In theory, there is no obvious connection between
foreign direct investment and the growth of the stock market. One school of
thought thinks that the connection is complimentary, while the other believes
that it is substitutable (or interchangeable). On the one hand, it is said that
foreign direct investment (FDI) is more likely to go to riskier, less
developed, and institutionally weak nations. This school of thought views
foreign direct investment (FDI) as a replacement for capital market investment
that happens in order to compensate for the disadvantages of investing via
capital markets when shareholders' rights are infringed. According to this
viewpoint, foreign direct investment (FDI) should be linked with a decline in
the growth of stock markets. On the contrary, it is expected that foreign direct
investment (FDI) would go to nations with strong institutions and sound
macroeconomic fundamentals, thus assisting in the expansion of the local
financial sector. Claessens, Klingebiel, and Schmukler [4] investigate whether
FDI is regarded as more desirable solely for its ability to overcome investment
obstacles through capital markets, or whether FDI is regarded as more desirable
solely for its ability to overcome investment obstacles through capital
markets. They find that FDI is more desirable solely for its ability to
overcome investment obstacles through capital markets. The researchers
discovered a statistically significant positive connection between FDI and
stock market development from 1975 to 1999 by using a regression method.
An
apparently unrelated regression model was used by Adelegan to examine the
effect of foreign direct investment on Nigerian economic development. He found
that foreign direct investment is pro-consumption, pro-import, and adversely
linked to GDP. In Nigeria's economy, according to Akinlo, foreign money has
statistically insignificant impact on the country's economic growth. It has
long been believed that the stock market is an accurate gauge of an economy's
growth and strength. Furthermore, in recent years, the value of stocks, the
market capitalization, and the number of trades have all increased
significantly. Stock exchanges were established in order to channel money to
investment companies. With the exception of Raza, Iqbal, and Ahmed, no study is
being conducted in Pakistan to examine the effect of FDI on stock market
development. While few research articles have looked at the relationship
between stock prices and macroeconomic variables, the link between the two has
been the topic of a small number of research studies (i.e. consumption,
investment, gross domestic product, index of industrial production).
Macroeconomic variables were linked to stock prices in the banking industry
according to Husain and Mahmood. Nishat and Shaheen said that the connection
between industrial production and stock prices is bi-directional. The effect of
foreign direct investment on the stock market capitalization was investigated
by Kaleem and Shahbaz during the period 1971 to 2006. When an Error Correction
Modeling (ECM) approach and an Auto regressive distributed lag (ARDL) bound
testing strategy were used in conjunction with each other, the researchers
discovered that foreign direct investment has a positive and statistically
significant effect on stock market capitalization in both the long and short
term. Using a panel VAR model, Kim and Yang [5] examined the effect of capital
inflows on asset prices in the United States. According to the findings of the
research, capital inflows supported asset price appreciation, while shocks to
capital inflows explained only a tiny portion of changes in asset prices.
In
his investigation, Zafar researched the relationship between foreign direct
investment and the Pakistani stock market's development from 1988 to 2008. It
was found that there was a large positive relationship between the two
variables, as shown by the study results. In a research project done from 1976
to 2011, Syed [6,7] investigated the results of foreign capital inflows and
growth in Pakistan's stock market and found a correlation between the two.
Foreign direct investment, worker remittances, and economic growth all showed a
strong and substantial positive correlation with stock market capitalization in
both the long and short term, according to the data uncovered through the
application of ARDL bound testing co-integration. According to Singh and Weisse,
there is a positive connection between the establishment of stock exchanges,
the movement of money, and long-term economic development in emerging nations.
According to the findings of the study, stock market expansion and portfolio
capital inflows are unlikely to assist developing and emerging countries in
their efforts to achieve quicker industrialization and longer-term economic
growth in an age of financial deregulation. Development and emerging market
countries should encourage the use of bank-based systems, influence the
quantity and composition of capital inflows, and prevent the development of a
corporate control market, according to the findings of the research. Nyangoro
investigated the connection between the performance of the Kenyan stock market
and the movements of foreign portfolio holdings. Foreign portfolio flows have a
substantial and beneficial effect on domestic stock market returns, according
to the findings of the research. It was also found that stock market returns
are influenced by lagged unanticipated foreign portfolio flows rather than
their contemporaneous value.
The
main essence of this study is to examine the relationship FDI on Germany’s
stock market development. In order to do this, the researchers utilized a time
series regression method to examine the connection and its consequences. The
extent to which FDI and stock market development are linked was the subject of
the research. Other variables, such as inflation and the exchange rate, as well
as saving, were included into the regression since they are believed to have a
significant impact on the development of the economic stock market, according
to the results of the multiple regression analysis conducted. Multivariate
regression is a statistical technique that is used to determine the connection
between a large number of independent variables and one single dependent
variable. In order to conduct the study, the researcher relied only on
secondary sources of information, which included the World Bank's World
Development Indicators. Data from 1980 to 2019 were utilized due of the
availability of historical data.
The variables that were assessed were as follows
Descriptive statistics variables
The
descriptive statistics of the variables for the model under consideration is
presented in the (Table 1). There is a total of 40 observations in this set.
Specification
of the model
The
main objective of this research is to detect and assess the impact of foreign
direct investment (FDI) on emerging stock markets. As previously mentioned,
increasing Foreign Direct Investment into a country such as Germany is
considered to be beneficial to the growth of the country's stock market. We
will utilize the equation-based model shown below to investigate the impact of
foreign direct investment on the growth of the stock market, as well as the
real effective exchange rate, domestic savings, and inflation rate.
In
the equation, ln (MC) = ?0+ ?1ln (FDI) + ?2ln (SAV) + ?3ln (REER) + ?4 (INF) +U
Where
MC denotes Market Capitalization/Stock Market Development, and
FDI
is an abbreviation for Foreign Direct Investment.
SAV
is an abbreviation for Domestic Savings.
REER
is an abbreviation for Real Effective Exchange Rate.
INF
stands for Inflation Rate.
Both
augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) and Philips-Perron (PP) experiments were employed
as two-unit root tests in this study. The selection of these measurements was
driven by the need of high contrast and precision. In the opinion of Hamilton,
the PP unit root test is more reliable than the ADF because it is more
resistant to serial correlation and heteroscedasticity. However, it has its own
set of disadvantages as well as advantages. Additionally, the suggested
autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) system developed by Pesaran and
colleagues will be assessed using a new estimating technique known as bounds
testing.
Unit
root test
When it comes to economic time series, determining unit roots is critical and has been well-documented and discussed in academic literature. In the case of series data, the existence of a unit root would have significant consequences for modeling and our knowledge of how economic systems react to shocks. As a consequence, detecting its existence would be very important. The stability of the model variables, as well as the validity of the standard test statistics (T-statistic and F-statistic), and the reliability of the R2 coefficient, must be shown in order to prevent false regression. This may be accomplished via proper differencing, and the number of differencing operations is referred to as the order of integration (OI). The Phillips-Perron (PP) and Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) tests are used to determine the unit root of a given unit root. All of our analyses are conducted using the E-views software. In order to establish stationarity at level and first difference, the variables in (Table 2) were submitted to the unit root test, which was performed using Phillip-Perron test statistics and the Augmented Dickey Fuller test (ADF). If you use the unit root calculation, you will see that foreign direct investment and stock market development are both stationary at the level and first difference. This shows the presence of a unit root in the given situation. The findings of the unit root test are presented in the table 2, and indicate that foreign direct investment and stock market development are stationary at the 5 percent level of significance and that the first difference is stationary at the level of significance. This implies that the null hypothesis, which states that there is no unit root in the variables at the level and first difference, has been rejected. Thus, the variables of orders I(0) and I(1) are integrated, demonstrating that the variables satisfy the criteria for co-integration. As a result, it is possible to assess the co-integration of the various variables (Table 3).
The
Bound Test, which is based on the ARDL technique, was used to determine whether
or not there was co-integration in the data set under consideration. The null
hypothesis must be rejected if the test statistic falls below the lower bound
(critical values for I (0)). In this case, we infer that the variables are not
co-integrated. The alternative hypothesis of variable co-integration is
eliminated from consideration if, on the other hand, the statistic exceeds the
upper bound (I (1)). As a result, if the test statistic falls within the test's
range of possibilities, the test is considered inconclusive. The test statistic
value (2.462937) shows that we can reject the null at 10% significance level
and there is long run relationship between the independent variables and
dependent variable. Table 4 Data shows that the probability of stock market's
reaction to FDI is not statistically significant (Table 4). FDI, on the other
hand, has a positive coefficient. This suggests that, in the long run, FDI acts
as a supplement rather than a substitute for stock market capitalisation. This
indicates that when stock market capitalisation rises, FDI rises by 1.58 % over
time. This indicates that, in the long term, FDI serves as a compliment rather
than a complement for stock market capitalization. This outcome may be
attributed to the stock market's solid institutional foundation. Knowledge the
development of the stock market over time requires a thorough understanding of
exchange rates. The growth of the stock market is helped by the fluctuation of
the exchange rate. Exchange rate stability changes have a much larger effect on
the stock market than they do on the economy. In the previous example, a
decrease in the development of the stock market would be caused by a decrease
in the exchange rate. The relationship between the behavior of the exchange
rate and the growth of the stock market is greater. A percentage change in the
exchange rate causes a greater than proportional movement in the direction of
the stock market's growth.
Table
5 illustrates how foreign direct investment (FDI/SMD) has an effect on the
growth of the stock market (Table 5). The alternative hypothesis that foreign
direct investment has positive connection with stock market growth and open up
new avenues for stock market development has been validated. Data shows that
the probability of stock market's reaction to FDI is not statistically
significant. FDI, on the other hand, has a positive coefficient. An increase in
the market capitalization will lead to an increase of 1.58 in the coefficient
of foreign direct investment. In the long term, FDI also has a significant
beneficial effect on the growth of the stock market. The connection between
foreign direct investment and stock market growth is governed by two fundamental
ideas: the complementary hypothesis and the substitute hypothesis. The results
show that the complementary theory is supported in the short term, as
previously stated. This indicates that foreign direct investment (FDI) serves
as a compliment for stock market growth rather than as a substitute to it.
According to the data in (Table 6), there is no serial correlation, no
conditional heteroskedasticity, and no normal distribution in the residuals. In
fact, there is no normal distribution in the residuals. The structural
stability of regression coefficients is assessed using the cumulative sum
(CUSUM) test. This test, as shown in (Figure 2), is inside 5% critical
constraint, indicating that the model is stable [10-19].
Due
to the fact that each country has its own set of characteristics, the study
sought to determine whether or not foreign direct investment and stock market
growth are linked in Germany. Other important factors in our research, in
addition to foreign direct investment (FDI), which serves as our main
independent variable, are domestic savings, the foreign exchange rate, and
inflation, to name a few. The ARDL model with bound testing technique, rather
than the conventional Johansen co-integration research, was used in order to
capture both long-run co-integration and short-run dynamics of the connections,
and yearly time series data were utilized to gather the data from 1980 to 2019.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) has a complement effect on the development of
the stock market in the short and long term. This shows that the growth of the
German stock market is little influenced by foreign direct investment (FDI).
It
is important to note that the stock market is an integral part of today's
market-based economic system since it is the main means of moving money from
depositors to borrowers. For the German government to effectively promote
foreign direct investment, a variety of measures should be implemented,
including ensuring political stability in the country, adequate infrastructure
development, attempting to reduce volatility of foreign exchange and interest
rates through appropriate and effective macroeconomic policy, tax breaks, such
as tax-exempt status, and infrastructure investment.