Study Regarding FDI Flows and International Competitiveness in European Union Countries

Mihaela Herciu () and Claudia Ogrean

Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series, 2011, vol. XI, issue 1, 943-947

Abstract: The purpose of the paper is to analyze foreign direct investment flows and international competitiveness in European Union countries. The result of the analyze shows that is a direct correlation between foreign direct investment flows (FDI flows quantify by UNCTAD) and international competitiveness (measured by World Economic Forum through global competitiveness index – GCI). In 2010 most of the European Union countries improved their score on international competitiveness even if the FDI flows has declined from a year earlier, including Romania.

Keywords: FDI flows; international competitiveness; European Union countries; Romania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F21 O10 O52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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