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FDI in SEE countries. by Gábor Hunya hunya@wiiw.ac.at. Basic definitions. Concept: Macroeconomic category with micro-economic content International capital movement permanent equity relations and participation in the management Practice: IMF Balance of Payments Manual, Revision 5
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FDI in SEE countries by Gábor Hunya hunya@wiiw.ac.at
Basic definitions • Concept: Macroeconomic category with micro-economic content • International capital movement permanent equity relations and participation in the management • Practice: IMF Balance of Payments Manual, Revision 5 • At least 10 per cent of the target firm's nominal capital in the form of: • · equity investment in cash, • · equity investment in kind, • · reinvested profits, • · loans from the parent company to the subsidiary • Flows in the capital account • Stocks in the international investment position
Host country determinants and types of FDI • Types of FDI allowed by economic determinants: resource and strategic asset seeking FDI market seeking FDI: purchasing power efficiency seeking FDI: production cost • Policy framework: political and economic stability legal and regulatory environment privatization • Business facilitation: promotion, incentives, institutions
FDI prospects in SEECs • Support to transformation and growth • Intensifies with EU accession • Means of privatization and restructuring • Supports competitiveness and export-lead growth • Transfer of technology and skills; but little in Western Balkans • Western Balkans has high costs and high prices