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The color of money: The effects of foreign direct investment on economic growth in transition economies

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  • Minsoo Lee
  • MoonJoong Tcha

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This paper examines the role of foreign direct investment in the growth of central and Eastern European countries, the Baltic States and the CIS around the transition period.
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  • Minsoo Lee & MoonJoong Tcha, 2004. "The color of money: The effects of foreign direct investment on economic growth in transition economies," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 140(2), pages 211-229, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:weltar:v:140:y:2004:i:2:p:211-229
    DOI: 10.1007/BF02663646
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    Keywords

    Foreign direct investment; total factor productivity; transition economies;
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    JEL classification:

    • O50 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - General
    • P39 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Other
    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements

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