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 …

to FDI. In contrast, the available theory on FDI does not yet provide empirically testable propositions on the effects of … principal features of FDI. This paper uses a "gravity model" approach to assess the impact of the deepening integration between … the EU and the CEECs on FDI flows in terms of three key issues. First, we provide systematic estimates of the expected …

to FDI. In contrast, the available theory on FDI does not yet provide empirically testable propositions on the effects of … principal features of FDI. This paper uses a 'gravity model' approach to assess the impact of the deepening integration between … the EU and the CEECs on FDI flows in terms of three key issues. First, we provide systematic estimates of the expected …

Building on the empirical evidence resulting from a newly developed database of foreign direct investment (FDI … level, a consistent modelling of FDI flows needs to take into account not only the determinants traditionally considered by … environment in which the FDI is undertaken. The inclusion of these variables, affecting the risk and the uncertainty of the FDI …

to FDI. In contrast, the available theory on FDI does not yet provide empirically testable propositions on the effects of … principal features of FDI. This paper uses a 'gravity model' approach to assess the impact of the deepening integration between … the EU and the CEECs on FDI flows in terms of three key issues. First, we provide systematic estimates of the expected …

This paper intends to combine two fields in the economic literature by examining empirically the FDI pattern … vertical FDI. The market-seeking strategy appears to be more important than factor-proportion related motivations; however, the … robust relationship of complementarity between trade integration and FDI provides at least one argument in support of …

determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Central- and Eastern European Countries (CEECs). We operationalize taxes using … infrastructure as determinants of FDI - an issue usually neglected in the literature. Thus, we posit that there are likely to be … interaction effects between taxes and infrastructure as determinants of FDI. Specifically, a favorable infrastructure endowment …