Attraction factors of FDI in Portugal

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Carina de Paiva
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/18638
• topic: Foreign Direct Investment; Portugal; GMM method; FDI determinants; Economia internacional; Investimento direto estrangeiro; Política de investimento; Mão-de-obra; Qualificação profissional; Análise de investimento; Portugal

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a growing phenomenon at the global level with several economic and social implications of the countries involved. Portugal, is no exception, foreign capital inflows have taken a leading position in the national economy. Thus, it is essential that the government of each country creates and develops new conditions that allow the attraction of new foreign investors. This dissertation aims to identify and acknowledge the factors attracting FDI into Portugal, ie, the factors that make international companies to opt for Portugal at the moment of location decision of the FDI. Through the study conducted between 2000 and 2016, a number of investor countries in Portugal, namely Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy and Belgium have allowed us to conclude that low labor costs, high levels of labor skills are the factors that most attract FDI in Portugal. Another conclusion drawn from the study is related to the fact that the size of the country is relatively small and therefore does not allow the development of economies of scale, suggesting that FDI into Portugal is more directed to exporting rather than to the internal market.