Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Macroeconomic Variables in Jordan

Khaled M. Al-Sawai'e

This study aims to obtain empirical evidence about foreign direct investment on some macroeconomic variables of the Jordanian economy for the period 1980-2013, using the model vector error correction; to indicate the direction of the causal relationship between the variables. The results of this study, ...

Measuring the Impact of the Increase in Indirect Taxes on the Industrial Sector that Increases the Prices of Economic Activities in the Jordanian Economy Using the Input-Output Model

Amin Osama Shammout , Nael Fahed Al Husami , Mohammad Hasan Salah , Amin Mohamad Alasoufi

This study aimes  to measure the impact of indirect taxes on the industrial sector that results in increasing prices of many economic activities, whether industrial or non-industrial in  Jordanian economy by using Input-Output Model. The results show that by increasing Tax on production of ...