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Foreign Direct Investment in Southeastern Europe How (and How Much) Can Policies Help?

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, infrastruc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ribakova, Elina
Other Authors: Horváth, Balázs, Demekas, Dimitri, Wu, Yi
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2005
Series:IMF Working Papers
Subjects:
Corporations
Institutional Investors
Foreign Exchange
Corporate Income Tax
Exports And Imports
Stocks
Investment & Securities
International Investment
Foreign Direct Investment
Labour
Taxation
Investments, Foreign
Income Economics
Pension Funds
Finance
Currency
Corporate & Business Tax
Corporate Taxation
Wages, Compensation, And Labor Costs: General
Investments: Stocks
Long-term Capital Movements
Business Taxes And Subsidies
Labor
Labor Costs
Non-bank Financial Institutions
Financial Instruments
Bosnia And Herzegovina
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:31 pages
ISBN:9781451861297

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