Suchergebnisse

Foreign direct investments have a great impact on any national economy. They contribute to economic growth and bring modern technology into the national economy. After political democratization and economic liberalisation in Central and Eastern European countries, many of them manifested deficiency of capital for investments in the national economies. Geographically, Croatia is located in the region of Central Europe. Croatia has shown intention to be a member of the European Union. Unfortunately, Croatia nowadays is not included with other countries from the region of Central Europe and Eastern Europe in a program of unification to EU. However, Croatia is included in the package with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, Macedonia and Albania. All these countries are treated as a Western Balkan group and they are not included in any program of unification with EU. Even Romania and Bulgaria have much better chances to be included in EU sooner than Croatia. The Croatian government's "economic" explanation for this fact is due to a lack of interest of foreign investors for Croatia. The question is: is the amount invested by foreign investors through foreign direct investments really significantly smaller in Croatia than in other Central and East European countries? That is why it is necessary to research how foreign investors targeted often Croatia? What is the position of Croatia on the world FDI market compared with other Central and Eastern European countries? First of all, the main characteristics of FDI need to be examined.

This paper aims to discuss where India stands on the foreign direct investment (FDI) market, especially as regards FDI from the EU. In 2020-2021 the Covid-19 outbreak largely hit financial markets and global FDI plummeted. Only a few countries, among which India, still recorded high and positive FDI inflows. This may reveal India's full potential as a host of foreign investment and redefine its position on the FDI market as an opportunity catalyst. In May 2021, the European Union (EU) and India entered a High-Level Dialogue on Trade and Investment and agreed on a new Connectivity Partnership. This paper suggests that it may be in the EU's best interest to leverage its already privileged relationship with India – strengthening it and encouraging European companies to consider India as a FDI host.

This empirical paper examines how institutional strengths or weaknesses of emerging markets might affect investment inflows into these countries. The study includes data of 13 emerging economies from different regions. The countries included are Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Indonesia, India, South Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, and Turkey for the time period 2000-2018. The institutional variables; property rights, good governance, corruption, rule of law, and civil liberties are examined to understand if there is a deviation from the existing literature for the emerging countries. Secondly, we also investigated differences among the emerging countries and asked if non-BRIC countries are different in results. A panel data model has been performed for the analysis. Our findings prove that some institutions such as corruption, civil liberties, property rights, and good governance are significantly important to attract FDI into the emerging markets, as indicated in the literature for the developed countries, but not as strong as assumed. Secondly, other institutional constructs such as rule of law and political stability found to be insignificant in emerging markets. Finally, we found a similar result even when we analyzed emerging markets without BRIC countries.

This empirical paper examines how institutional strengths or weaknesses of emerging markets might affect investment inflows into these countries. The study includes data of 13 emerging economies from different regions. The countries included are Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Indonesia, India, South Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, and Turkey for the time period 2000-2018. The institutional variables; property rights, good governance, corruption, rule of law, and civil liberties are examined to understand if there is a deviation from the existing literature for the emerging countries. Secondly, we also investigated differences among the emerging countries and asked if non-BRIC countries are different in results. A panel data model has been performed for the analysis. Our findings prove that some institutions such as corruption, civil liberties, property rights, and good governance are significantly important to attract FDI into the emerging markets, as indicated in the literature for the developed countries, but not as strong as assumed. Secondly, other institutional constructs such as rule of law and political stability found to be insignificant in emerging markets. Finally, we found a similar result even when we analyzed emerging markets without BRIC countries.

Abstract
Given an endogenous market structure, this research investigates the effects of tariff and equivalent quota policies on foreign firms' FDI decisions. Findings show that foreign firms have symmetric (asymmetric) decisions in terms of FDI versus export under a tariff (quota) policy. Furthermore, FDI is more likely to occur under the tariff than the quota regime, but the former is definitely more (less) desirable than the latter in terms of domestic (world) welfare. Finally, a more cost-efficient firm is more likely to engage in FDI under either the tariff or the quota regime.

This book identifies the effects of FDI for enterprises from emerging countries when it comes to their economic performance, such as investment, sales, income, output, employment, exports, productivity, and innovation. It covers topics such as vertical integration, economic theory, sustainable development, responsible supply chain, and specific assets.