THE DYNAMICS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE UNDER THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL CRISIS OF 2007
Journal Title: CES Working Papers - Year 2011, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
As an engine for economic development of CEE countries, FDI inflows have contributed to creating new jobs and access to modern technologies; have had positive effects on balance of payments and state budget revenues. The purpose of this article is to highlight the implications of international financial and economic crisis of 2007 on FDI in CEE countries. Also, we realized a comparative approach of the factors that influence investors’ decisions in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and a SWOT analysis of FDI in Romania at the end of 2009. The second part of the article represents an econometric analysis using SPSS of FDI impact on GDP and unemployment rate on the example of Romanian economy during 1991-2009. The fundamental hypothesis of econometric analysis is the following: it is a direct link between FDI and GDP, respectively, an inverse link between FDI and unemployment rate.
Authors and Affiliations
Anca Nucu
THE MOBILITY OF THE PROCESSES OF REGIONAL INTRA-INDUSTRY SPECIALIZATION IN ROMANIA
In analyzing the mobility of the intra-industry specialization processes in Romania in the period of time 2000-2010 on regional level, we started from the assessment of the of the structural convergence of the specializa...
RISE OF MOBILITY PROGRAMS IN GERMANY DUE TO GLOBALISATION
Learning has come to the front position of the educational agenda in many countries of the world – the knowledge society, learning society, learning organization and so forth are the common terms now in the 21st century....
QUALITATIVE STUDY ON PHYSICIANS’ MOTIVATIONS AND DRUG PRESCRIBING BEHAVIOUR
The proper prescription of medicines by specialists from healthcare, especially physicians, it’s a major challenge of the healthcare services concerning the financial implications respectively the effects upon the patien...
THE ONLINE VISIBILITY OF THE ROMANIAN HOTELS. EMPHASIS ON THE HOTELS FROM THE NORTH-EAST REGION OF ROMANIA
The purpose of the present research is to analyze the online visibility of Romanian hotel websites and what mistakes are identified once we analyze the hotel content. At the same time we want to provide a complex overvie...
COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES IN ECONOMIC CRISES GEOGRAPHY. ECONOMIC STRATEGIES IN EU COUNTRIES
The strategies for structural-systemic crisis management have generated, to a geographical level, a number of differences between EU countries. These cleavages are the result of differential macroeconomic policies. In th...