[PDF] Foreign Direct Investment In Southeastern Europe How And How Much Can Policies Help eBook

Author : Yi Wu
Publisher : INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 37,75 MB
Release : 2005-06-01
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ISBN : 9781451861297

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Gravity factors explain a large part of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in Southeastern Europe-a region not comprehensively covered before in econometric studies-but hostcountry policies also matter. Key are policies that affect relative unit labor costs, the corporate tax burden, infrastructure, and the trade regime. This paper develops the concept of potential FDI for each country, and uses its deviation from actual levels to estimate what policies can realistically be expected to achieve in terms of additional FDI. It also finds evidence that above a certain threshold, the importance of some policies for attracting FDI is distinctly different.

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Page : 31 pages
File Size : 28,92 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Investments, Foreign
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Gravity factors explain a large part of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in Southeastern Europe-a region not comprehensively covered before in econometric studies-but hostcountry policies also matter. Key are policies that affect relative unit labor costs, the corporate tax burden, infrastructure, and the trade regime. This paper develops the concept of potential FDI for each country, and uses its deviation from actual levels to estimate what policies can realistically be expected to achieve in terms of additional FDI. It also finds evidence that above a certain threshold, the importance of some policies for attracting FDI is distinctly different.

Author : Klaus Liebscher
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 20,89 MB
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1847208797

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This book provides authoritative academic and professional insights into the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) on home and host countries. It highlights global trends and patterns, and explores related policy challenges all with a special focus on the countries in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. The book cuts through the existing data fog by offering a wide range of up-to-date academic findings and institutional expertise. Those findings are rounded off with lessons to be learned from historical developments (Ireland s success story), an evaluation of current trends (the role of China) and an investment promotion agency policy for attracting sustainable investment (CzechInvest). Contributions made by central bank officials, institutional representatives, members of academia and professionals provide for a uniquely complementary view on FDI developments and their implications. At a time of big changes in the FDI landscape, this book offers both empirical and econometric evidence on foreign direct investment and will be of great interest to economists and other experts in the fields of economic policy and European integration from central, commercial and investment banks, governments, international organizations, universities and research institutes. The special focus on FDI will attract those interested in, or directly involved in tackling the challenges of attracting sustainable investment or investing successfully abroad.

Author : Balázs Szent-Iványi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 25,76 MB
Release : 2016-12-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3319404962

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This book examines how foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Central and Eastern Europe have changed after the Great Recession. It argues that beyond their cyclical effects, the economic crisis and the changing competitiveness of Central and Eastern European countries have had structural impacts on FDI in the region. FDI has traditionally been viewed as the key driver of national development, but the apparent structural shift means that focusing on cheap labour as a competitive advantage is no longer a viable strategy for the countries in the region. The authors argue that these countries need to move beyond the narrative of upgrading (attracting FDI inflows with increasingly higher value added), and focus on ensuring greater value capture instead. A potential way for doing this is by developing the conditions in which innovative national companies can emerge, thrive and eventually develop into lead firms of global value chains. The book provides readers with a highly informative account of the reasons why this shift is necessary, as well as diverse perspectives and extensive discussions on the dynamics and structural impacts of FDI in post-crisis Central and Eastern Europe.

Author : Robert W. McGee
Publisher :
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 33,56 MB
Release : 2003
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This study discusses some of the factors that potential investors look at when trying to determine whether to invest in a particular country. The focus is on eleven countries in Southeastern Europe. Statistics from the 2003 Index of Economic Freedom for these eleven countries are examined from the period 1995-2003 to determine trends. The countries are also ranked for the most current year.

Author : Mico Apostolov
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Page : pages
File Size : 39,26 MB
Release : 2017
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From the beginning of the transition process, foreign direct investments (FDI) have been an essential pillar in southeastern European economies, a priority for moving society toward a developed market economy. The World Bank has conducted Enterprise Surveys on many countries using data from a representative sample of private-sector firms. These data are used herein from an accounting approach to examine, via a set of variables, the impact of foreign ownership. The findings are that: (i) foreign ownership has helped restructure firms toward a viable market economy; (ii) FDI has a positive effect on employment and exports; and (iii) FDI, in line with the literature, is expected to influence future capital accumulation and output. Overall, FDI has a positive impact and tends to affect the restructuring of domestic firms.