Foreign Direct Investments and Economic Growth in Central and Eastern Europe: A Panel-Based Analysis

Lucian Belaşcu (), Oana Popovici and Alexandra Horobeţ ()
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Lucian Belaşcu: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
Alexandra Horobeţ: Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Chapter Chapter 4 in Emerging Issues in the Global Economy, 2018, pp 35-46 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract One of the most discussed issues related to foreign direct investments (FDI) refers to the impact they have on the economic and social welfare of a country. Moreover, if these effects are positive, the question is to what extent and by what instruments they can be enhanced by host country governments. In recent decades, the general political opinion on FDI changed, as they are rather understood as generating competitiveness and growth for host countries and less in terms of their negative effects on the economy. Our paper investigates the relationship between FDI flows and economic growth in countries from Central and Eastern Europe that are also EU members using the panel methodology and implementing various panel specifications that shed light on the particularities of this relationship among the five countries. We find that FDI have a positive contribution to economic growth in these economies, together with capital and, to some extent, international trade size, but also that country and period idiosyncrasies matter for a better understanding of economic growth determination.

Keywords: Foreign direct investments; Central and Eastern Europe; Panel analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-71876-7_4

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