Cross-Border Investment in Europe: From Macro to Financial Data

Adams-Kane, Jonathon and Lopez, Claude and Wilhelmus, Jakob (2016): Cross-Border Investment in Europe: From Macro to Financial Data.

Abstract

International capital flows and cross-border financial integration remain omnipresent in the European political debate as countries struggle with low and divergent GDP growth, new European financial regulation and the anticipation of Brexit.

In such a shifting environment, this report first identifies some of the more recent patterns in the landscape of European gross cross-border investment followed by a closer look at banking and portfolio investments.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: capital flows, cross-border investment,, portfolio investment, FDI
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance; F - International Economics > F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance

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