This paper analyzes policies to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) based on a sample comprising the US plus six EU … countries (US-plus-EU-6) and four Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC-4). The analysis draws on industry-level data for … result in a substantial increase in FDI, while in the US-plus-EU-6 an improvement of their unit labor cost position, e.g. via …

United States and EU countries, focusing especially on the period 2013-2019. The analysis is based on capital stock and gross … fixed capital formation (GFCF) data taken from Eurostat and the recent EU KLEMS releases, which provide comparable data for … as variations across the different EU countries. The study thus brings the existing literature up to date and adds …