manufacturing firms in Europe. We also explore how geographical diversification changed with the introduction of the Single Market … countries. Ireland, which began its rapid FDI-fuelled convergence on average EU living standards over our data period, emerges …

Do regional identities determine different levels of FDI-induced growth? This paper analyses the impact of FDI on the … impact of FDI induced spillovers on regional growth in European regions, controlling for possible endogeneity. Results … vs extra European FDI) and on the type of economic activity (manufacturing vs service FDI). …

This paper adds to the scarce cross-country evidence on FDI location decisions between the EU-15 Member States and the … determinants of FDI location decisions across these EU-25 countries. The study uses the European Investment Monitor database, which … institutional variables are included to control for other country-level factors that affect FDI location. Overall, allowing for …

enlarged EU. This paper addresses the imperative need to understand the relationship of FDI and trade as well as international …, sectors and location factors. In regards to the inward FDI vs. imports relationship, results comply with our theoretical … formulation and strongly indicate an overall complementarity with each other. In the case of FDI we find strong locational …

In Central and Eastern Europe, outward foreign direct investment was not yet until recently a prominent factor in the … would give a major push to the outward foreign direct investment flows of Central and Eastern Europe, on condition that …

European Union (EU). Largely sourced from advanced Europe, FDI inflows were motivated by the intention to pursue new markets …FDI has played a strong role in the export-led growth of eastern European countries that are now members of the … needed for FDI to continue playing a strong role? Can the Western Balkan countries, who are not yet EU members and have in …

Evidence on productivity spillovers from FDI to domestic firms is ambiguous. Incorrect estimation procedures may be one … methodology is discussed taking into consideration the possible simultaneity of FDI and other explanatory variables and …

focused on Enlarged Europe. The results show that there exists a positive indirect impact of FDI on productivity and …This paper combines, explains and summarizes recent findings from the empirical literature focusing on the FDI's effect … ultimately on economic growth in EU, but it is limited in magnitude. Moreover, the effect of FDI on growth is stronger for New EU …