UID:
edoccha_9958124467602883
Format:
1 online resource (32 p.)
ISBN:
1-4623-5891-8
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1-4527-3906-4
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1-283-51760-4
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9786613830050
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1-4519-0665-X
Series Statement:
IMF working paper ; WP/05/110
Content:
Gravity factors explain a large part of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in Southeastern Europe-a region not comprehensively covered before in econometric studies-but hostcountry policies also matter. Key are policies that affect relative unit labor costs, the corporate tax burden, infrastructure, and the trade regime. This paper develops the concept of potential FDI for each country, and uses its deviation from actual levels to estimate what policies can realistically be expected to achieve in terms of additional FDI. It also finds evidence that above a certain threshold, the importance of some policies for attracting FDI is distinctly different.
Note:
"June 2005."
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""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION: WHY ANOTHER PAPER ON FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT?""; ""II. THE RECEIVED WISDOM: FINDINGS OF PREVIOUS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH INTO THE DETERMINANTS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT""; ""III. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: THE EVIDENCE""; ""IV. CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4518-6129-X
Language:
English
