Determinantes do investimento direto externo nos BRICS para o período 2006-2015

Abstract

This economic science paper aims to make an analysis of the determinants of FDI in the BRICS countries in the years of 2006-2015 and how they behave in different business environments. In order to meet this main objective, an analysis of theories of FDI is made, considering the phenomenon of globalization and emphasizing the theories that emerged with greater force from the second half of the twentieth century. To do so, an analysis of available data on Foreign Direct Investment conducted in the BRICS countries is used. It is noted that FDI in the BRICS countries has been gaining strength in recent years, along with the economic growth of the countries in question. It also raises the question of the importance of FDI in a globalized world, its evolution and its behavior in diversified economic environments. For this research data from the World Investment Report (2006, 2010, 2013) and from the rankings, the Economic Freedom Index of the Heritage Group and the Wall Street Journal and the Doing business ranking of the World Bank was used. It was observed that the FDI levels received by the BRICS countries do not directly influence the variables used in this work, but a series of factors that together with the business environment affect the flows of FDI received by these countries.