scholarly journals THE ROLE OF INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES IN ATTRACTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

Ekonomika ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 41-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Algirdas Miškinis ◽  
Mariya Byrka
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Investment Promotion ◽  
Institutional Approach

Establishing an investment promotion agency (IPA) has become a very popular institutional approach in the strategic promotion of foreign direct investment (FDI) across nations and regions worldwide. In this article, we examine the role of IPAs in improving the FDI environment and promoting inward FDI. The task of the article is, with the help of qualitative methods of research, to determine the promotion techniques and tools that lead to a better FDI performance and verify them in the cases of such investment promotion agencies as Invest Lithuania and Invest in Lviv Region (Ukraine).

scholarly journals FEATURES OF GLOBAL INVESTMENT POLICY: MODERN TRENDS AND PROSPECTS

2019 ◽  
pp. 142-148
Author(s):  
Larisa Germanovna Chuvakhina
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
World Economy ◽  
International Investment ◽  
Investment Policy ◽  
Investment Promotion ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World

The article highlights the current problems of investments in the development of the world economy, when international investment needs are significantly high. The priority is given to the issues of investment resources for achieving the goals of sustainable development of the world economy. It has been stated that for creating the effective economic policy, the countries need to attract foreign investment. The current trends in the development of global market for foreign direct investment flows are examined. The flows of global foreign direct investment in 2017-2018 are analyzed. Special attention is given to the study of the US investment policy. The reduction in US investments into the Russian economy in terms of the sanctions policy against Russia is marked. The changes in the investment policy of the administration of D. Trump in terms of strengthening American protectionism are underlined. The issues of US-EU investment cooperation are considered. The role of the US Federal Reserve in regulating the activities of foreign companies in the US market is defined. The main decisions taken at the X World Investment Forum of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in October, 2018 are considered. The role of investment promotion agencies is defined as one of the tools to attract foreign investments into the country's economy. The decrease in the level of international investment and increased competition between countries for attracting foreign investment is stated. The study confirms that the investment attractiveness of the country, stability of the national financial system, and legal security of business play a decisive role in attracting foreign direct investment.

scholarly journals Foreign Direct Investment In Transition Economies: An Institutional Approach

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agim Kukeli
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Transition Economies ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Physical Capital ◽  
Seemingly Unrelated Regression ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Diffusion Of Technology ◽  
Institutional Approach ◽  
Unrelated Regression

Foreign direct investment (FDI thereafter) is very important for economic growth in transition economies. They have major impact in economic development as a source of physical capital, diffusion of technology, improvements in management and marketing techniques, and enhancing institutional setting of these economies toward market oriented. In this paper, an institutional approach to FDI inflow is investigated to identify relevant factors that have shaped and influenced transition economies. The role of institutions in the inflow of FDI in transition economies is estimated empirically by using Seemingly Unrelated Regression Estimation (SURE) technique.

Economic Actors' Lobbying Influence on the Prospects for War and Peace

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 863-888 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen G. Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Economic Globalization ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Special Interests ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Government

AbstractPolitical scientists and economists have long been interested in the role of special interests in the policymaking process. In the past few years, a series of important new books have argued forcefully that the lobbying activities of economic actors have an important influence on the prospects for war and peace. All of these analyses claim that whether economic actors enhance or decrease the likelihood of conflict ultimately depends on the domestic political balance between economic actors who have a strong vested interest in pushing for peace versus those that do not. I advance two contrary arguments. At least among the advanced states, I posit there are no longer any economic actors who will be favorable toward war and who will lobby the government with this preference. All of the identified mechanisms that previously contributed to such lobbying in these states have been swept away with the end of colonialism and the rise of economic globalization. In particular, I show that the current structure of the global economy now makes it feasible for foreign direct investment to serve as an effective substitute for conquest in a way that was not possible in previous eras. My second argument concerns those economic actors in advanced states with a preference for peace. I posit that it has become unnecessary for them to directly lobby the government to avoid war on economic grounds because economic globalization—the accumulation of decisions by economic actors throughout the globe—now has sufficiently clear economic incentives for leaders.

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