Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/47025 
Year of Publication: 
1998
Citation: 
[Publisher:] Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) [Place:] Kiel [Year:] 1998
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 871
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute of World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
The integration of the central and eastern European countries into the international capital markets has been and will be determined by the process of European Union (EU) integration. Our analysis shows that southern and eastern European countries already appear to be surprisingly similar regarding FDI flows from EU members. The central and eastern European countries, however, are likely to attract increased portfolio flows in the years to come. We argue that membership alone in a regional arrangement like the EU is neither sufficient for sustained capital inflows nor is it the guarantee for increased investment activities. Rather, domestic economic policy has to change in accordance: Liberalization matters, not only membership.
Subjects: 
Capital Account Liberalization
European Union Enlargement
Capital Flows
Eastern Europe
Economic Growth
JEL: 
F15
F21
F32
F43
Document Type: 
Working Paper
Document Version: 
Digitized Version

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