The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Flows in EU: Dynamic Panel Data Analysis

Fatma Zeren and Suzan Ergun ()
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Suzan Ergun: Inonu University, Postal: Inonu University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, Malatya, Turkey

Business and Economics Research Journal, 2010, vol. 1, issue 4, 67

Abstract: The aim of this study is to modify the factors that effect the foreign direct investments (FDI) inflows to the European Union countries. These factors are investigated by using panel data analysis over the 1995-2007 periods. Empirical results show that beside the openness and development level, especially gross domestic growth rate increase the FDI inflows. On the other hand, it's identified that current account balance and gross capital formation are negatively related to FDI inflows.

Keywords: Foreign direct investment; Gross domestic product; European Union; Dynamic panel data; System GMM method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 F21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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