This article uses a partial adjustment framework to examine the determinants of FDI stocks of 'old' EU member states in 10 transition countries that have now joined the EU. A dynamic panel analysis reveals that equilibrium FDI stocks are determined by traditional variables such as market...

On 17 August 1998 the Russian authorities devalued the ruble, suspended repayments of ruble-denominated government paper and announced a moratorium on the Russian foreign debt. By doing so the government brought the domestic banking sector to the edge of bankruptcy and risked losing the little...