the abolition of capital controls seem to have exerted a greater influence on foreign assets than on FDI of German banks …

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 …

section estimates show that short- and long-term assets are highly correlated with foreign trade links but not necessarily … with variables capturing regulatory restrictions. Trade activities are more important in explaining claims on banks versus …

accession states to the European Union. In this paper, we study the development of German FDI into the accession states from an … aggregated, sectoral, and a firm-level perspective. We assess whether patterns of FDI into the transition economies confirm … recent theories of FDI and whether we find evidence that the heterogeneity of firms matters for FDI decisions. …