A growing strand of literature highlights that skilled migration mayfavour growth-enhancing technology transfer, trade and foreign direct in-vestments between the source and the host economies of migrants (net-work effects). We explore a speci…c channel through which the possi-ble "diaspora...

In this paper we explore the hypothesis of spatial effects in the distribution of ForeignDirect Investments (FDI) across Russian regions. We make use of a model, whichdescribes FDI inflows as resulting from an agglomeration effect (the level of FDI in agiven region depends positively on the...

This paper reviews and explores the major effects of FDI on industry restructuring of the CEE automotive industry. In particular, we are interested if automotive companies have exploited the value creation potential of CEE? Which factors explain the scale and depth of automotive industry...