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The effect of the European structural and investment funds on net FDI inflows

Cederholm, Henrik LU (2019) NEKN01 20191
Department of Economics
Abstract
This paper examines what effect the European structural and investment funds have on net FDI inflows of European member states in the period of 2005 to 2016. The aim of the paper is to fill the gap in research relating to if the EU funds are successful in attracting private investments, in the form of FDI inflows. The paper uses a fixed effects model with country level panel data to estimate the aggregate effect of all the funds as well as each fund separately. The country level data puts a limitation on the paper since the EU funds objective is to help poor regions catch up to the richer regions. To reduce this problem the paper analyses both the entire sample as well as a subgroup of the poorest EU member states. The paper finds no... (More)
This paper examines what effect the European structural and investment funds have on net FDI inflows of European member states in the period of 2005 to 2016. The aim of the paper is to fill the gap in research relating to if the EU funds are successful in attracting private investments, in the form of FDI inflows. The paper uses a fixed effects model with country level panel data to estimate the aggregate effect of all the funds as well as each fund separately. The country level data puts a limitation on the paper since the EU funds objective is to help poor regions catch up to the richer regions. To reduce this problem the paper analyses both the entire sample as well as a subgroup of the poorest EU member states. The paper finds no effect of the EU funds for the entire sample. But when looking at the subgroup of the poor countries there is an effect on FDI inflows from the European agricultural and rural development fund as well as the European regional development fund. (Less)
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author
Cederholm, Henrik LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKN01 20191
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
European Union, European structural and investment funds, Foreign direct investment inflows, Cohesion fund, European agricultural and rural development fund, European regional development fund, European social fund
language
English
id
8982237
date added to LUP
2019-08-08 10:32:56
date last changed
2019-08-08 10:32:56
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  abstract     = {{This paper examines what effect the European structural and investment funds have on net FDI inflows of European member states in the period of 2005 to 2016. The aim of the paper is to fill the gap in research relating to if the EU funds are successful in attracting private investments, in the form of FDI inflows. The paper uses a fixed effects model with country level panel data to estimate the aggregate effect of all the funds as well as each fund separately. The country level data puts a limitation on the paper since the EU funds objective is to help poor regions catch up to the richer regions. To reduce this problem the paper analyses both the entire sample as well as a subgroup of the poorest EU member states. The paper finds no effect of the EU funds for the entire sample. But when looking at the subgroup of the poor countries there is an effect on FDI inflows from the European agricultural and rural development fund as well as the European regional development fund.}},
  author       = {{Cederholm, Henrik}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The effect of the European structural and investment funds on net FDI inflows}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}