Investment attractiveness and foreign direct investments inflow on the example of selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe

Roman Kisiel

Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie

Kamil Graszkiewicz

Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie


Abstract

The aim of this study is to compare the investment attractiveness of six selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe, namely Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus and Ukraine. The basic data used to examine the level of investment attractiveness in these countries were the basic macroeconomic indicators, i.e. the level of GDP in global and per capita terms, average salary, inflation and unemployment rate. In the next step, international economic rankings were used, as a result of which it was possible to classify the countries in perspective of their competitiveness, prevailing legal regulations for running a business and the scope of economic freedom.


Keywords:

investment attractiveness     foreign direct investments     Central and Eastern Europe


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Published
2018-06-01

Cited by

Kisiel, R., & Graszkiewicz, K. (2018). Investment attractiveness and foreign direct investments inflow on the example of selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski, 9(1), 33–48. https://doi.org/10.31648/pw.3264

Roman Kisiel 
Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
Kamil Graszkiewicz 
Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie