This paper aims to explore the relationship between China's investment in Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) and China-CEECs trade. Since the 1950s, the research on the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign trade has become one of the topics of theoretical and empirical analysis. Many scholars have conducted extensive studies on the relationship between FDI and trade from different perspectives and theoretical and empirical perspectives. Under the background of "the Belt and Road", the CEECs, as important trading partners in this strategy, have gradually expanded their trade with China. This paper explores the current situation and characteristics of China's direct investment and trade with the CEECs from the perspective of the relationship between FDI and foreign trade. The development of China's direct investment and trade with the CEECs is explored from the perspectives of total volume, country, and products by qualitative analysis. Meanwhile, the trade gravity model is established to empirically analyze the influence of China's direct investment in the CEECs on China-CEECs trade scale from the three aspects of total trade volume, export, and import. The results show that China's direct investment in the CEECs has a long-term positive effect on the scale of...

This diploma thesis is aimed to analyze and investigate theoretically and empirically whether FDI affects regionalism in Southeast and East Asia. It applies regression analysis to examine how foreign direct investment influence GDP growth, the most visible aspect of ASEAN´s open regionalism. Panel data analysis was carried out, using time series data over the period from 2005 to 2014 to establish a relationship between chosen variables. The findings indicate that foreign direct investment has influential role in the economic integration and development of the ASEAN countries. The contribution of FDI to growth is significant in East and Southeast Asia.

Financial crisis of 2008 became critical period for Swedish economy and its real estate market. During this period Sweden has experienced sharp decrease in transaction volumes. However compare to other EU and global markets, Sweden managed to perform remarkably well and economic recovery has taken place since 2010. The purpose of this master thesis is to outline general trends in the development of Swedish Real Estate market for FDI in the period of 2008-2013 and provide better understanding of foreign investors behavior and the incentives attracted them to invest in Sweden. The deductive approach has been used based on the previous studies and theory. The quantitative data was obtained from scientific and media sources, while qualitative empirical data relies on survey filled in by real estate consultancy companies operating on Swedish market. Research focuses on the analysis of overall market situation and changes occurred during the 5-year period concerning micro/macro economical issues, behavioral factors, country characteristics, business environment, global trends, investors’ behavior and expectations. Theoretical basis for the research is an overview of previous FDI theories. The results reveal that by the end of 5 year period, the situation on the market became much more favorable with strong recovery as for the end of 2013. Compare to after crisis 2009, when foreign transactions volumes were down to 45 bn sek versus 157 bn sek in 2008, the full year transaction volume 2013 was SEK 99 bn which is in line with 15 year historic average. In 2013 international investment share is amounted to 12%, the most active are institutional investors from Norway, Finland, UK, Germany and US. Overall foreign investors are willing to operate on Swedish market in the future, searching for high yields at low risk levels within safe, transparent and liquid, highly developed business environment with good economical and politically stable regimes. However difficulties with accessing finance and lack of prime quality assets on the market became the main drawbacks for foreign investors on the Swedish market during last years.

Klimatförändringarna och låginkomstländers betydelse för de globala utsläppen är en fråga som debatterats flitigt under de senaste åren. Kapitalflöden från rika till fattiga länder har visat sig betydelsefulla både för att skapa ekonomisk tillväxt och som förutsättningar för att minska utsläppen. Paradoxalt nog är den ekonomiska tillväxten starkt korrelerad med ökningar av utsläpp. Denna uppsats undersöker de direkta och indirekta effekterna av inflöde av FDI på utsläppen av CO2 i låginkomstländer genom att ta hänsyn till ländernas miljöreglering. Metoden är en paneldatastudie som omfattar 71 låginkomstländer under åren 2005-2021. Unikt för studien är behandlingen av måttet på miljöreglering. Resultaten bekräftar de resultat som pekar på att ekonomisk tillväxt ökar CO2-utsläppen men till följd av brist på statistisk signifikans kan inga starka slutsatser dras om de direkta och indirekta effekterna. Däremot presenteras viktiga lärdomar för fortsatta studier inom ämnet.

This dissertation examines the relationship between violent organized crime and foreign direct investment (FDI) through sub-national analysis focused on the case of Mexico. The results indicate that FDI decisions vary based on the type of violent organized crime.

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No / This paper represents part of an ongoing study on the topic of foreign direct investment (FDI) and poverty reduction in the ASEAN region. The overall study covers both macro- and microeconomic aspects of this issue, and this paper addresses the macro dimension. Considerable work has been done on the relation between economic growth and poverty reduction, and by now a conventional wisdom is emerging which can be stated simply that while growth is critically important for poverty reduction, the pattern and nature of the growth process in economies also matters. Following this reasoning this study explores the link between FDI and poverty reduction. The broad hypothesis to be tested is that FDI through its growth effect or other means is poverty reducing. While a great deal has been written on a variety of aspects relating to poverty, the precise FDI-poverty link has rarely been addressed directly, and we seek to remedy this gap in the literature. The paper is in four sections. The first discusses briefly the broad dimensions of poverty in the ASEAN region and recent trends in terms of FDI. Having set out these empirical dimensions, the remaining sections consider data analysis and results. The second section sets out the econometric approach and the results from the relevant literature, the third discusses data and some preliminary results. The fourth gives the main results, and finally we draw some conclusions. I. Poverty and FDI in ASEAN Naturally within ASEAN as a region the poverty picture is very varied, as one would expect given the diversity of income levels among the member states. Table 1 summarises the position in terms of income levels and past income growth rates. The inequality in the group can be seen readily with two high-income countries, Singapore and Brunei; three lower-middle income countries, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand; and the remaining members--Indonesia, Cambodia, Lao, Myanmar, Vietnam--all low income.

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No / This paper examines the relationship between foreign direct investment inflows and employment using international business strategy literature to identify the factors influencing the development of subsidiaries that might affect employment growth in host regions. A survey of German subsidiaries in North West England is used to test the significance of the variables that are identified as likely to affect employment. The results of logit regression indicate that entry mode, technology transfer, and firm age affect the growth of employment. The study also highlights that other factors, such as sector, organisational structure, the level of diversification of operations by subsidiaries in the local economy, and range of markets supplied may have important affects on employment. The research indicates that further conceptual and empirical work is required to clarify our understanding of how the organisational, operational, and diversification characteristics of subsidiaries affect employment.