Análisis del impacto de los flujos de capital mediante la IED en el crecimiento económico de Ecuador y su comparativa con Brasil y Chile, periodo 2008 – 2022.

Abstract

The objective of this research work is to analyze the determining economic factors in the impact of capital flows through Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the economic growth of Ecuador and its comparison with Brazil and Chile, in the period 2008 - 2022. A methodology is used where the approach is multimode since it involves the quantitative and qualitative part, the design is non-experimental and longitudinal, and the scope is exploratory, descriptive, correlational and explanatory, so that through the methodology it will be implemented. the Vector Autoregressive (VAR) model, in which the statistical significance of each of the variables will be analyzed. The review of the literature is developed based on theories on capital flows, Foreign Direct Investment, economic growth and economic factors of FDI that affect economic growth. As the main conclusion, it is determined that the economic variables of FDI; as the country risk and the commercial opening incident in the economic growth of Ecuador and are directly related to it. Finally, it is highlighted that the independent variables have been selected after an extensive review of the literature on studies on the research topic.