Foreign Direct Investments: A Comparison of EAEU, DCFTA and Selected EU-CEE Countries

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Foreign direct investment (FDI) has been the main driver of restructuring and modernisation in Central and Eastern Europe. This paper looks into FDI stocks and flows in a dynamic and cross-country perspective, comparing the key EAEU countries (Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia) as well as DCFTA countries (Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) with selected EU-CEE peers (Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia) in the neighbourhood. The study shows that EAEU and DCFTA countries have not been particularly attractive for foreign investors taking out round tripping inflows from offshore destinations, the accumulated FDI would be even lower. This explains a lot why restructuring in the region stalls. This pattern can change only with marked improvements in the domestic regulatory environment and investment climate.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: wiiw Research Report ; No. 428

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Macroeconomic Data; Data Access ; Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations ; Empirical Studies of Trade ; Comparative Studies of Countries ; Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Factor and Product Markets; Industry Studies; Population
• Subject: foreign direct investment ; FDI flows and stocks ; Eastern Europe ; Belarus ; Georgia ; Moldova ; Kazakhstan ; Russia ; Ukraine ; FDI by key partners and sectors

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Havlik, Peter ; Hunya, Gabor ; Zaytsev, Yury
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw)
• (where): Vienna
• (when): 2018

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/204200
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET