Paper prepared for presentation at the International Political Economy Society Meeting edn Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. In the long run, the economy and its growth suffer due to corruption (Habib and Zurawicki, 2001). Here the variables like GDP per capita (GDPPC), the growth rate of GDP (GDPG), and the growth rate of population (POPG) act as a proxy of the host country’s market size. 64(4) . The future of the multi- national enterprise, Macmillan: London. A selective review of foreign direct investment theories. Econ. The product cycle revisited: Knowledge intensity and firm internationalization. [Retrieved from]. Journal of Economic Studies, 39(6), 639-652. doi. Crossref, Mlambo K (2006). The results show that the corruption level in the host country has an adverse effect on FDI inflows when eliminating GDP per capita in the regression. J. Soc. 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