期刊名称：Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti Bulletin : Economic Sciences Series
印刷版ISSN：2284-8576
电子版ISSN：2247-8582
出版年度：2015
卷号：4
页码：73-81
出版社：Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti
摘要：Theoretically, inward foreign direct investments (FDI) can sustain the economic development of the host country due to their contribution to the increase in productivity and competitiveness. Starting from this idea and based upon the latest theoretical and empirical research regarding the economic development stages this paper underlines the relationship between the FDI inflows and the economic development by analyzing two representative macroeconomic indicators namely GDP per capita and the inward FDI stock as percentage in GDP for 141 worldwide countries at the level of the year 2013. The analysis presented in this study revealed that besides the quantity of the foreign direct investments received by a country there are other important factors related to the FDI contribution at economic development, respectively the quality of the foreign capital, and the existing conditions in the host economy
关键词：foreign direct investments; economic development; key-drivers; investment development ; path; productivity growth
