The Relationship Between Foreign Portfolio Investment and Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth (Study at Indonesia Stock Exchange and Bank of Indonesia Period 2006-2014)

摘要

The financial liberalization imposed by Indonesia triggers the rapid inflow from International financial resources. There are two major foreign investments namely foreign portfolio investment (FPI) and foreign direct investment (FDI). FPI is a passive investment with a high volatility which is used by foreign investor to diversify risk. Whist, FDI is a category of cross-border investment in which an investor resident in one country establishes a significant degree of influence over an enterprise resident in another country.Both forms of foreign capital can be an engine for the economic growth, in which economic growth is the increase of capacity to produce goods and services in a country. This research objectives are to figure out the effect of foreign portfolio investment (FPI) on economic growth, the effect of FPI on foreign direct investment (FDI) and the effect of FDI on economic growth in Indonesia. Using data from Indonesia Stock Exhange and Bank of Indonesia, this study applies quarterly time series data of FPI, FDI and economic growth period 2006-2014 as much as 36 unit of analysis. Applying path analysis as the research method the results of this research are FPI has a significant effect on economic growth, FPI has a significant effect on FDI and FDI has a significant effect on economic growth. These results also indicates that through FDI the relationship of FPI on economic growth is able to be strengthen.