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Patterns of Foreign Direct Investment in Southern European Periphery

In: Regional Upgrading in Southern Europe

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  • Laura Resmini

    (University of Milano-Bicocca
    CERTeT—Università Commerciale “L. Bocconi”)

Abstract

This paper examines patterns of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows to Southern European (SE) regions, which seem to be at the margin of the FDI attraction game accounting for a very small share of total inward FDI in the EU. In order to understand why these regions have attracted such a low number of foreign investors, this contribution provides the following analysis: (i) an overall picture of the main characteristics of patterns of inward FDI in SE regions at geographical and sectoral levels; (ii) the factors that drive FDI flows into EU regions; (iii) an assessment of the potential attractiveness of SE regions, both in absolute terms and with respect to other EU regions. The main results indicate that SE regions are definitively less attractive than other EU regions, though a lot of variation does exist at both geographical and sectoral levels. In order to improve their capacity to attract FDI, SE regions should improve their factors of attractiveness by implementing several structural reforms.

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  • Laura Resmini, 2017. "Patterns of Foreign Direct Investment in Southern European Periphery," Advances in Spatial Science, in: Madalena Fonseca & Ugo Fratesi (ed.), Regional Upgrading in Southern Europe, chapter 0, pages 129-149, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-319-49818-8_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-49818-8_6
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    JEL classification:

    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models

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