The Eastern enlargement of the European Union (EU) is likely to give a further boost to trade and capital flows, yet … determinants of international asset holdings and trade flows. We find in most regressions that EU membership has a significant … candidates actual values are still far below expected ones in most cases. Consequently, we anticipate rising capital and trade …

The Eastern enlargement of the European Union (EU) is likely to give a further boost to trade and capital flows, yet … determinants of international asset holdings and trade flows. We find in most regressions that EU membership has a significant … candidates actual values are still far below expected ones in most cases. Consequently, we anticipate rising capital and trade …

This paper analyses the effects of Agenda 2000's policy reform on the stocks of outward FDI to the European Union … member countries. In a three-factors proximity-concentration New Trade Theory model we indentify the channels of influence on … the FDI decision. In the empirical part, we estimate a dynamic panel data model and find that structural expenditures …

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 …

This paper analyses the effects of Agenda 2000's policy reform on the stocks of outward FDI to the European Union … member countries. In a three-factors proximity-concentration New Trade Theory model we indentify the channels of influence on … the FDI decision. In the empirical part, we estimate a dynamic panel data model and find that structural expenditures …

new EUmembers. This redistribution of funds makes the accession countries even more attractive as a location of FDI. Using … Agenda 2000 leads to a redistribution of FDI by approximately 0.8 percentage points from the current EU members to the …

This paper examines the FDI flows towards two regions in the periphery of Europe: the Central and Eastern European … countries (CEECs) and the countries of Southern Europe. We investigate whether evidence exists for FDI diversion from Southern … Europe to the CEECs. A cursory observation of recent FDI trends might give rise to such claims of diversion. On the basis of …

This paper examines the FDI flows towards two regions in the periphery of Europe: the Central and Eastern European … countries (CEECs) and the countries of Southern Europe. We investigate whether evidence exists for FDI diversion from Southern … Europe to the CEECs. A cursory observation of recent FDI trends might give rise to such claims of diversion. On the basis of …