Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/57804 
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Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Arbeiten aus dem Osteuropa-Institut Regensburg No. 286
Publisher: 
Osteuropa-Institut Regensburg, Regensburg
Abstract: 
This paper analyses the growth effects of capital formation, exports and FDI as major drivers of economic development in Eastern Europe. The fundamental innovations are identified by empirically and theoretically motivated short- and long-run restrictions in structural cointegrated vector autoregressions. Impulse responses and variance decompositions reveal quite different growth effects in various Eastern European countries. Generally, strong reliance on exports goes along with higher GDP, and FDI bears substantial potential for fostering economic growth. It is shown that the recent worldwide recession clearly hit Eastern Europe through the export channel, whereas the recovery is mainly supported by positive demand shocks.
Subjects: 
Eastern Europe
Growth
Exports
Investment
Identification
JEL: 
O11
C32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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