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Business Climate in CIS Countries
May 15, 2007 09:51

The paper examines the quality of the business climate in the group of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) from the prospective of the level of development of entrepreneurship, and individual countries’ attractiveness to the foreign direct investments (FDI).

Exchange Rate Variability and Foreign Direct Investment – Consequences of EMU Enlargement.
May 15, 2007 09:53

The aim of the paper is to analyze theoretically and empirically the likely impact of the reduction in exchange rate uncertainty, due to the EMU accession, on the intensity of FDI inflow into candidate countries.

Foreign direct investment financing of capital formation in central and eastern Europe
May 16, 2007 14:41

This paper looks at the relation between foreign direct investment (FDI) and gross fixed capital formation in transition countries as well as other sources of capital formation financing, namely debt financing, capital market financing and subsidies. The paper shows that capital formation is positively associated with FDI, along with domestic debt and capital market financing, but negatively correlated with stock market liquidity.

Do workers' remittances promote financial development ?
November 23, 2007 14:45

Workers' remittances to developing countries have become the second largest type of flows after foreign direct investment. The authors use data on workers' remittance flows to 99 developing countries from 1975-2003 to study the impact of remittances on financial sector development.

Poverty effects of Russia's WTO accession : modeling "real" households and endogenous productivity effects
November 26, 2007 17:20

The authors use a computable general equilibrium comparative static model of the Russian economy to assess the impact of accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on income distribution and the poor. Their model is innovative in that they incorporate all 55,000 households from the Russian Household Budget Survey as "real" households in the model.

The impact of liberalizing barriers to foreign direct investment in services - the case of Russian accession to the World Trade Organization
December 3, 2007 16:58

The authors use a computable general equilibrium model of the Russian economy to assess the impact of accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), which encompasses improved market access, tariff reduction, and reduction of barriers against multinational service providers. They assume that foreign direct investment in business services is necessary for multinationals to compete well with Russian business service providers, but cross-border service provision is also present.

How accession to the European Union has affected external trade and foreign direct investment in Central European economies
December 3, 2007 17:45

The author traces the emerging architecture of commercial relations in Europe, and argues that the accession process had its greatest impact on capital flows, and later on good flows. The countries that have benefited most from accession, are those that followed the path of radical liberal reform.

How tax policy and incentives affect foreign direct investment - a review
January 2, 2008 15:37

The authors review the literature on tax policy, and foreign direct investment, and explore possibilities for research. They observe that tax incentives neither make up for serious deficiencies in a country's investment environment, nor generate the desired externalities.

Energy Shocks and Macroeconomic Management: Policy Options for Belarus
January 18, 2008 16:40

This paper provides an overview of the facts related to the energy shock and quantify its effect on the trade balance. Also the macroeconomic implications of the energy shock.

The Supply of Foreign Direct Investment Incentives: Subsidy Competition in an Oligopolistic Framework
January 18, 2008 17:46

What are the inducements for government provisions of incentives to foreign investors? Which aspects affect an offered allowance volume most? To what degree is the international subsidy competition intensive? To discuss these problems, two microeconomic models will be presented; the first one for minimal sufficient investment incentive, the other one for optimal investment incentive.

Southeast European Monitor - 2007/10
January 21, 2008 10:19

The paper is a monthly publication on socio-economic and political development issues in eight Southeast European countries: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia.

News of the Month, September, 2007
January 21, 2008 10:24

This is a monthly publication, which includes 4-5 brief analyses dealing with underlying macroeconomic and microeconomic issues. The publication focuses on both Commonwealth of Independent Countries (CIS) and Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC).

Why 90 per cent of FDI goes to oil sector in Azerbaijan; institutional reasons of the unsteadiness between oil and non oil sector
March 3, 2008 11:21

This paper is searching correlation between credibility and development in oil sector. The main question of the paper is that why 90 per cent of foreign direct investment (FDI) goes to oil sector.

G17 Economic Review 10
March 3, 2008 13:12

Content: Opinion: What Foreigners Will Not Do, Analysis: Status of the Urban Water System, Macroeconomic Review, Yugoslavia in the Mirror of Eastern Europe: Hungary

G17 Economic Review 27
March 3, 2008 13:27

Content: How will the New Economic Union between Serbia and Montenegro Work?, The Political Scene in Serbia, Redefinition of Relations between Serbia and Montenegro, The Foreign Investments Law, The Third Operator: Yes or No?, Further Growth of Foreign Currency ReservesAppendix: Overview of Events and Activities in the European Union

Performance and financing of the corporate sector: the role of foreign direct investment
June 18, 2008 16:01

Within the ongoing globalization and international division of labor, a large number of foreign companies have established production units in Central and Eastern Europe countries to benefit from low labor costs and other advantages. This study looks both in theoretical and empirical terms at whether large foreign presence has also affected domestic firms.