The Balkans
Subtitle: foreign direct investment and EU accession
By: by Aristidis Bitzenis.
Series: Transition and development
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9780754645665; 9780754690825
Subjects: European Union -- Balkan Peninsula; Investments, Foreign -- Balkan Peninsula; Balkan Peninsula -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Description: "The fall of communism and subsequent developments have put a renewed spotlight on the potential of the Balkan economies. Bulgaria, Albania, Serbia & Montenegro, Romania and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are countries which have attracted low levels of investment and poor political leadership in most of the countries has delayed much needed reforms. However, there are now signs of improvement and this timely book fills a significant gap in the available literature. This book demonstrates that these countries must engage as fully as possible with the world economy via EU accession and explores the implications of the specific characteristics of these countries which have made the transition process more difficult."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Transition economies vs. market economies : increased FDI inflows in transition economies; title: Privatisation theory : privatisation deals as a reason for increased FDI outflows; title: Foreign direct investment theory; title: Determinants of foreign direct investment : empirical evidence; title: Trends of FDI under globalisation : the case of regionalisation and FDI inflows; title: The European Union (EU) and the Economic Monetary Union (EMU) : prospects of the Balkan countries integrating into the EU; title: Case studies.