Estrin, Saul 
ORCID: 0000-0002-3447-8593 and Uvalic, Milica
(2013)
Foreign direct investment into transition economies: are the Balkans different?
LSE 'Europe in Question' discussion paper series (64/2013).
London School of Economics and Political Science, London.
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Abstract
The paper explores the determination of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Balkan transition economies – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia. Detailed FDI inflows to Southeast Europe (SEE) are analysed to determine the main differences in the volume, timing and sectoral structure of FDI within the region and in comparison to the Central East European countries. A gravity model to all transition economies during 1990-2011 is then estimated to assess whether the factors driving FDI to the Western Balkans are different. They are found to be so; even when size of their economy, distance, institutional quality and prospects of EU membership are taken into account, Western Balkans countries receive less FDI. These issues are of high policy relevance for the Balkan economies and ought to contribute to the current debate on the ‘new growth model’.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/LEQS/LEQSHo... |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 The Authors |
| Divisions: | European Institute Management |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) |
| JEL classification: | F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity P - Economic Systems > P3 - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2013 11:25 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 20:24 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/53180 |
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