Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, Economic Growth, and Trade Balances: The Experience of the New Members of the European Union

Journal of East-West Business

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-23

  Varamini, Hossein ^a   Kalash, Svetlana ^b  

^a ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Teleflex Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging European economies; FDI inflows and economic growth; Foreign direct investment; Granger test of causality; Trade balances

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EUROPEAN UNION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TRADE;

EID: 77951045364     PISSN: 10669868     EISSN: 15286959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10669860903558102     Document Type: Article

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