Foreign and Domestic Growth Drivers in Eastern Europe

Posted: 13 Mar 2012

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Enzo Weber

University of Regensburg; Government of the Federal Republic of Germany - Institute for Employment Research (IAB); Osteuropa-Institut (OEI)

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Date Written: March 12, 2012

Abstract

This paper analyses the growth effects of capital formation, exports and FDI as major drivers of economic development in Eastern Europe. The fundamental innovations are identified by empirically and theoretically motivated short- and long-run restrictions in structural cointegrated vector autoregressions. Impulse responses and variance decompositions reveal quite different growth effects in various Eastern European countries. Generally, a strong reliance on exports goes along with higher GDP, and FDI bears substantial potential for fostering economic growth. It is shown that the recent worldwide recession clearly hit Eastern Europe through the export channel, whereas the recovery is mainly supported by positive demand shocks.

Keywords: Eastern Europe, Growth, Exports, Investment, Identification

JEL Classification: O11, C32

Suggested Citation

Weber, Enzo, Foreign and Domestic Growth Drivers in Eastern Europe (March 12, 2012). Economic Systems, Vol. 35, No. 4, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2020364

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