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Are Foreign Direct Investment Contribution to The Economic Growth of Transition?

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|Apr 2016

Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to show whether foreign direct investments affect the development of transition countries. This paper represents an empirical model where you analyze sixteen countries in transition in the 10-year period. The existence of a positive correlation between the level of incoming foreign direct investments and economic characteristics of the economy, as well as its competitiveness, is obvious in numerous studies that have studied this subject, but there are also some opposite standpoints. The increase of foreign direct investments in host country by itself does not imply a positive impact on economic growth, but it depends on numerous factors such as human capital, financial structure development, macroeconomic stability and other institutional factors.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ethemes-2015-0015 | Journal eISSN: 2217-3668 | Journal ISSN: 0353-8648
Language: English
Page range: 267 - 277
Submitted on: May 8, 2014
Accepted on: Mar 27, 2015
Published on: Apr 15, 2016
Published by: University of Niš, Faculty of Economics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year

© 2016 Olgica Nestorović, published by University of Niš, Faculty of Economics
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