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 …

productivity (TFP) growth in a sample of 30 European economies for the period 1994-2005. In most of Western Europe, we find a … deceleration of TFP growth since 2000. However, the economies of New Europe exhibit a higher level of TFP growth overall and have … slowed less than those of Old Europe. In the new market economies of Central and Eastern Europe, we find both high TFP growth …

, we find systematic wage premiums in Western European countries, but not so in Eastern Europe. …

. This has caused concerns in developing countries that foreign direct investment there may be diverted to Europe. In … in Europe and North America but also in Asian developing countries. Investors are apparently aware that they cannot … afford to lock themselves into Fortress Europe, thus foregoing the cost advantages of international sourcing and marketing …

Im Zuge der europäischen Integration haben nationale Gewerkschaften in Europa die Dachorganisation des Europäischen …