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title: Political Instability and FDI
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4973360/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4973360
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4973360
featured: 2024-10-03
citations: unknown
topic: Derivatives & Volatility
---


# Political Instability and FDI

The Gambia has seen a decrease in foreign direct investment due to political instability, corruption, and exchange rate volatility since the 1994 coup, with political stability post-2017 positively affecting investment inflows.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4973360
- Identifier: SSRN 4973360
- Released: 2024-10-01
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 68 (2024-10-03): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-10-03/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Derivatives & Volatility

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