IMPLICATIONS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN EUROPEAN TRANSITION ECONOMIES

  • Tijana Tubić Ćurčić Faculty of Economics, University of Kragujevac, Republic of Serbia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/ep24-38918
Keywords: Foreign direct investment, Covid-19 pandemic, European transition economies

Abstract


In early 2020, the world faced a serious crisis caused by the Covid-19
pandemic, and the application of restrictive measures to prevent and slow down the
spread of the virus had a negative impact on economic flows, including foreign direct
investment (FDI). The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on global FDI flows have been
devastating, resulting in a large drop in FDI. Flows to European transition countries
have also been affected, but less than the world average. It is expected that the recovery
of FDI from the shock of 2020 would be long and that it would be impossible to return to
structural and geographical patterns before the pandemic. Having in mind the above,
the aim of this paper was to analyze the dynamics of FDI before and during the
pandemic in European transition countries in order to examine the effect of Covid-19
pandemic on FDI. The results of the research confirm the negative impact of the
pandemic on the flows of FDI in European transition economies, except for Montenegro,
Bulgaria, Hungary and Estonia, where an increase in the inflow of FDI was determined.

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Published
2022/06/29
Issue
Vol. 24 No. 1 (2022)
Section
Članci