Policies towards the OFDI and IFDI in the European Union after the 2008+ crisis

摘要: Objective : The objective of this paper is to evaluate the (post)crisis FDI policies in Europe, taken significant drop international foreign direct investment (FDI) flows as observed aftermath 2008+ crisis well accompanying ideological shifts role State economy. Research Design & Methods By synthesising available sources – critical literature review, evaluation rankings and scoreboards experts’ survey - seeks classify EU member states according their pursued towards outward inward (IFDI, OFDI) context crisis. Findings A matrix with for possible combinations policy has been proposed. It distinguishes: an open model “a double positive strategy”, closed negative competitive a capital inward, strategy”. Obtained results point dominance two opposite models where countries seem apply rather friendly IFDI (or unfriendly OFDI IFDI) policies. Implications Recommendations Current scarcity proper metric made it necessary draw on some imperfect substitutes, hence findings must be treated caution. Properly designed, reliable database enabling crosscountry comparisons terms would certainly improve quality future research. Contribution Value Added Presented research can seen voice discussion particular issue operationalisation such policy.