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Foreign Investment and Aggregate Concentration - Evidence from Southeast Europe

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  • Aleksandar B. Todorov

    (Department of Economics, University of Economics - Varna)

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The purpose of the paper is to provide empirical evidence on regularities concerning the relationship between foreign direct investment and aggregate economic concentration. Based on company data two types of concentration indices are computed – concentration ratio and Gini coefficient. The results suggest that aggregate concentration among the examined countries varies considerably. Although correlated, both measures of concentration seem to measure different aspects of economic concentration. The concentration ratio appears to be higher in smaller economies with higher export and labor intensities. Higher levels of foreign investment appear to be related with higher values of the Gini coefficient, that is with skewer firm size distribution.

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  • Aleksandar B. Todorov, 2018. "Foreign Investment and Aggregate Concentration - Evidence from Southeast Europe," Bulgarian Economic Papers bep-2018-13, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski - Bulgaria // Center for Economic Theories and Policies at Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, revised Dec 2018.
    • Handle: RePEc:sko:wpaper:bep-2018-13
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    Keywords

    FDI; economic power; size distribution of firms; large companies; foreign investors;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • P23 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Factor and Product Markets; Industry Studies; Population

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