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Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern European Countries: A Dynamic Panel Analysis

Carstensen, Kai; Toubal, Farid - 2003

This paper uses dynamic panel data methods to examine the determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Central … role in determining the flows of FDI into the CEECs and help explain the different attractiveness for FDI of the individual …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260548

European Neighbourhood - Challenges and Opportunities for EU Competitiveness

Astrov, Vasily; Havlik, Peter; Holzner, Mario; Hunya, Gabor - 2012

Countries belonging to the European neighbourhood are highly diverse. Their diversity is multidimensional (geographical, socio-economic, political, cultural, religious, etc.) and the individual dimensions all have important implications for EU policies towards the region(s), for EU institutional...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100118

Spillovers from Multinationals to Heterogeneous Domestic Firms: Evidence from Hungary

Békés, Gábor; Kleinert, Jörn; Toubal, Farid - 2006

Firms cluster their economic activities to exploit technological and informational spillovers from other firms. Spillovers through the entry of multinational firms can be particularly beneficial to domestic firms because of their technological superiority. Yet, the importance of foreign firm's...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494351

Where Enterprises Lead, People Follow? Links between Migration and German FDI

Buch, Claudia M.; Kleinert, Jörn; Toubal, Farid - 2003

empirically. More specifically, we use state-level German data to answer the question whether and how migration and FDI decisions … and thus integration of labor and capital markets are linked. Our findings suggest that FDI and migration have similar …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260456

The Distance Puzzle: On the Interpretation of the Distance Coefficient in Gravity Equations

Buch, Claudia M.; Kleinert, Jörn; Toubal, Farid - 2003

Globalization seems to have diminished the importance of geographical distance. However, empirical studies find that distance coefficients in gravity equations change little over time. This paper argues that changes in distance coefficients do not carry much information on changes in distance...

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Determinants of German FDI: New Evidence from Micro-Data

Toubal, Farid; Kleinert, Jörn; Buch, Claudia M. - 2003

the years 1990-2000 to describe the regional and sectoral patterns of German FDI through gravity-type equations. We … provide evidence on the patterns of FDI by sector, by size of the foreign affiliate, and by the number of affiliates per host … country. While market size and geographic distance have a significant impact on FDI stocks, we also find differences in the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295757

European Union, Russia and Ukraine: Creating New Neighbourhoods

Astrov, Vasily; Havlik, Peter - 2004

restructuring their economies, attracting more FDI and upgrading their export structures in favour of goods with higher value …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100041

Ukraine: Current Economic Situation and Future Prospects

Astrov, Vasily - 2006

brought by foreign investors. However, until now the FDI flows into Ukraine have been rather disappointing. The EU-15 share in … Ukraine's FDI stock stood at 58% by the end of 2005. The relative political stability following the formation of the new …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100067

Ukraine, the European Union and the International Community: Current Challenges and the Agenda for Overcoming the Stalemate

Astrov, Vasily; Burakovsky, Igor; Gromadzki, Grzegorz; … - 2010

Ukraine was confronted with an unprecedented economic and financial crisis during 2008-2009. That crisis has until recently been compounded by a highly unstable political situation. The European Union, Ukraine's neighbours and the international community have been concerned about possible...

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Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances

Alfaro, Laura; Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem; Volosovych, Vadym - 2011

We decompose capital flows -- both debt and equity -- into public and private components and study their relationship with productivity growth. This exercise reveals that international capital flows are mainly shaped by government decisions and sovereign to sovereign transactions. Specifically,...

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