The Determinants Of European Union (EU) Foreign Direct Investments In The EU Countries From Central And Eastern Europe During 1994–2012

• Authors: Donny Tang

Title variants

Determinanty bezpośrednich inwestycji zagranicznych Unii Europejskiej (UE) w państwach UE z Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej w latach 1994–2012

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study examines whether the CEECs’ financial market development can explain the EU FDI in the CEECs during 1994–2012. The higher bank credit flows had a positive effect on the FDI in 2005–2012. This can be attributed to the major banking sector reforms undertaken before the CEECs’ EU accession. Second, the stock market size had a positive effect in 1997–2004. This is due to the fact that the EU membership announcement facilitated deeper stock market integration. Third, the higher country income, in interaction with a higher bank credit flow, had only a small positive effect in 2005–2012. The higher income CEECs have pursued much deeper bank liberalization through large-scale privatization of state-owned banks. Finally, the higher country income, in interaction with a larger stock market size, had a negative effect in 2005–2012. A possible reason for this is that the EU countries have started to divert their new FDI to the non-EU countries.

PL

Niniejsze opracowanie służy odpowiedzi na pytanie czy rozwój rynku finansowego Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej może być wyjaśnieniem rozwoju BIZ Unii Europejskiej w państwach Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej w latach 1994–2012. Wyższe przepływy kredytu bankowego miały pozytywny wpływ na BIZ w latach 2005 2012. Może to być wynikiem zasadniczych reform sektora bankowego, podjętych przed przystąpieniem państw Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej do UE. Po drugie, zaobserwowano pozytywne oddziaływanie rozmiarów rynku akcji na BIZ w latach 1997–2004 r. Wynika to z faktu, że ogłoszenie członkostwa w UE ułatwiło głębszą integrację rynku akcji. Po trzecie, wyższy dochód państwa, w połączeniu z większym przepływem kredytu bankowego, miał tylko niewielki pozytywny wpływ na BIZ w latach 2005–2012. Kraje Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej o wyższych dochodach dokonały dużo głębszej liberalizacji systemów bankowych poprzez szeroko zakrojoną prywatyzację dużych banków państwowych. Wreszcie, wyższy dochód państwa, w połączeniu z większymi rozmiarami rynku akcji, miały negatywny wpływ na BIZ w latach 2005–2012. Możliwym powodem jest to, że kraje UE zaczęły lokować BIZ w państwach poza UE.

Keywords

EN

european integration; European Union; foreign direct investment; financial market

PL

integracja europejska; Unia Europejska; bezpośrednie inwestycje zagraniczne; rynek finansowy; integracja europejska; Unia Europejska; bezpośrednie inwestycje zagraniczne; rynek finansowy

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 75-99

Dates

published

2017-03-09

Contributors

author

Donny Tang

• Temple University, Department of Economics

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/cer-2017-0005