<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> 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.</p></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.

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

PhD student, University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Economics, Serbia

Economic Themes

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The main aim of this paper is to show whether foreign direct investments affect the development of transition countries. This paper represents an empirical...

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

Data publikacji: 15 kwi 2016

Zakres stron: 267 - 277

Otrzymano: 08 maj 2014

Przyjęty: 27 mar 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ethemes-2015-0015

Słowa kluczowe
foreign direct investments, transition countries, economic growth, human capital, macroeconomic stability

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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

Data publikacji: 15 kwi 2016

Zakres stron: 267 - 277

Otrzymano: 08 maj 2014

Przyjęty: 27 mar 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ethemes-2015-0015

Słowa kluczoweforeign direct investments, transition countries, economic growth, human capital, macroeconomic stability

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
foreign direct investments, transition countries, economic growth, human capital, macroeconomic stability