GLOBAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT UNDER THE PANDEMIC CRISIS – EFFECTS AND PROSPECTS

Laura Vasilescu
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Laura Vasilescu: University of Craiova, Doctoral School of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Economy Craiova, Romania

Annals of University of Craiova - Economic Sciences Series, 2020, vol. 2, issue 48, 133-139

Abstract: The investments are one of the essential factors that could ensure economic growth, simultaneously influence both demand and supply and at the same time, represent an incentive for new projects, attributes necessary for an increasing economy. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is an integral part of the international economic system, through the value chaines and therefore, its importance and benefits determined a global competition for capital. Under the recent circumstances generated by the pandemic crisis, the foreign direct investment on the global economy were affected severely by the crisis. In this paper, there were analised the main effects of the pandemic crisis on the global FDI flows considering all forms (cross border financing projects, mergers and acquisitions and greenfield investment), different regions and economies, various sectors and industries, considering the influence factors and the consequences of these evolutions. Also, there are analysed the predictions regarding the impact of COvid 19 on the inflows of FDI, on the economies and the multinational companies

Keywords: foreign direct investment; crisis; financing; prospects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F21 G15 O16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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