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Trends In Fdi Among The New Eu Member States

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  • Vasile Alecsandru STRAT

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Foreign direct investments (FDI) are considered by policy makers from the ex-communist countries as essential tools that can be used to improve the economic performance of their economies. On the other hand, foreign investors have started to regard these countries with an increasing interest after the fall of communism and their interest increased after these countries made important steps towards the EU and NATO. Noteworthy is the fact that the attractiveness of these economies was significantly different at the beginning of the ‘90s and since then had significantly different growth rhythms. The main goal of this paper is to study the evolution of the disparities among these new EU members using time series of Gini coefficients and the structure of the entire stock. The disparities have decreased continuously and Poland and Estonia are leading the hierarchy in 2013 using the FDI/capita as an indicator.

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  • Vasile Alecsandru STRAT, 2015. "Trends In Fdi Among The New Eu Member States," Romanian Journal of Regional Science, Romanian Regional Science Association, vol. 9(1), pages 80-94, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:rrs:journl:v:9:y:2015:i:1:p:80-94
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    Keywords

    Foreign direct investments; European Union; regional disparities; Gini coefficient;
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    JEL classification:

    • A10 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - General
    • F62 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Macroeconomic Impacts
    • F63 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Economic Development
    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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