{"id":54386,"date":"2026-07-28T14:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/administrationeconomic\/?p=54386"},"modified":"2026-07-28T14:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:39:43","slug":"university-of-mosul-college-of-administration-and-economics-department-of-economics-discusses-a-masters-thesis-on-the-impact-of-free-zones-in-attracting-foreign-direct-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/administrationeconomic\/2026\/07\/28\/university-of-mosul-college-of-administration-and-economics-department-of-economics-discusses-a-masters-thesis-on-the-impact-of-free-zones-in-attracting-foreign-direct-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Mosul \u2013 College of Administration and Economics \u2013 Department of Economics Discusses a Master’s Thesis on the Impact of Free Zones in Attracting Foreign Direct Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Department of Economics at the College of Administration and Economics, University of Mosul, witnessed on Monday, July 27, 2026, the discussion of the Master’s thesis titled “The Impact of Free Zones in Attracting Foreign Direct Investment for a Sample of Developing Countries,” presented by the student Chra Haroon Younis, in Discussion Hall No. (2).<\/p>\n

\u200bThe study aimed to analyze and measure the impact of free zones in attracting foreign direct investment by exploring the nature of the relationship between the presence of these zones and foreign investment flows, as well as evaluating the extent to which regulatory, legislative, and economic incentives provided by free zones contribute to enhancing the attractiveness of the investment environment in the studied countries. It also sought to distinguish between the short-term and long-term effects of free zones, relying on the estimation of two econometric models using the Panel ARDL methodology and the PMG approach, providing a more comprehensive and accurate analysis of the impact of these zones on foreign direct investment stock and flows.<\/p>\n

\u200bThe study reached several conclusions, most notably the existence of a long-term equilibrium relationship between free zones and foreign direct investment, confirming the positive role of free zones in supporting the attraction of foreign investments, even if the scale of this impact is relatively limited. The results also highlighted the importance of expanding the establishment and development of free zones, alongside improving infrastructure, updating legislation, and enhancing trade openness as well as economic and political stability, thereby contributing to raising the attractiveness of the investment environment and increasing foreign direct investment flows.<\/p>\n

\u200bThe discussion committee consisted of: \u200bAssociate Professor Dr. Ruqaya Khaleef Hamad \u2013 College of Administration and Economics \/ University of Mosul \u2013 Chair,\u00a0 \u200bAssociate Professor Dr. Omar Hisham Sabah \u2013 College of Administration and Economics \/ University of Mosul \u2013 Member,\u00a0 Associate Professor Dr. Bahram Mahmoud Saleh \u2013 University of Zakho \u2013 Member and\u00a0 Professor Dr. Ibrahim Adeeb Ibrahim \u2013 College of Administration and Economics \/ University of Mosul \u2013 Member and Supervisor.<\/p>\n

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The Department of Economics at the College of Administration and Economics, University of Mosul, witnessed on Monday, July 27, 2026, the discussion of the Master’s thesis titled “The Impact of Free Zones in Attracting Foreign Direct Investment for a Sample of Developing Countries,” presented by the student Chra Haroon Younis, in Discussion Hall No. (2). \u200bThe study aimed to analyze and measure the impact of free zones in attracting foreign direct investment by exploring the nature of the relationship between the presence of these zones and foreign investment flows, as well as evaluating the extent to which regulatory, legislative, and economic [Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":54390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discussions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/administrationeconomic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/administrationeconomic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/administrationeconomic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/administrationeconomic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/administrationeconomic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/administrationeconomic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54391,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/administrationeconomic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54386\/revisions\/54391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/administrationeconomic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/administrationeconomic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/administrationeconomic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/administrationeconomic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}