The FDI Inflow to Special Economic Zones in Poland

Dorożyński, Tomasz; Świerkocki, Janusz; Urbaniak, W.

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“…Due to the shift to a demand-led usage of the policy, whereby investors can effectively ask to have a new area enrolled under one of the existing administrations, zone administrations have come over time to replace traditional regional administrations in terms of being focal points for late industrialisation patterns in Poland. The zone administrations are there to deal with the many practical concerns of foreign investors (Dorożyński et al, 2017). In what must be seen as a traditionally non-federalist or unitary state structure, the zones administrations could be perceived as the direct arm of central government dealing with investors at the local administrative level.…”

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Did transition bring cleaner air? Effects of ownership, territorial and technology policy on air pollution

Jensen

Mina

2019

Ecological Economics

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The paper investigates trends in air pollution in Poland during transition to a market economy. By analysing how the EU, national and regional development policy mix affects environmental outcomes we show the importance of context in terms of assessing the contribution to air pollution of different stakeholders such as foreign investors. The results show that while state owned firms pollute more, new domestic firms make a positive contribution to reducing emitted particulate matter and foreign owned subsidiaries on average have an increasing or neutral impact on air pollution. However, territorial policy becomes in Poland the focal point for understanding these changes as there are large differences for areas that are subject to this policy. When accounting for the combinations in these policies results suggest that zone governance has been very effective in reducing emissions of particulate matter. Zones combine ownership changes with technological changes associated with restructuring of enterprises and FDI along with EU subsidies associated with technology policies such as adoption of more green technologies in general. Both policy factors (e.g. using FDI to restructure former SOEs within the zones and using zones also as a policy tool to distribute structural funds) aid in reducing emissions, while to the extent we can compare them (due to differential measuring scales) we conclude that technology policy through structural funds has been by far the most effective policy tool towards curbing high emissions levels in Poland.

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Did transition bring cleaner air? Effects of ownership, territorial and technology policy on air pollution

Jensen

Mina

2019

Ecological Economics

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“…Some very successful international examples include Jordan with its Aqaba Special Economic Zone that alone has attracted 66.8 % of the country's total stock FDI (Zeng, 2016b). Other examples include China with 46 % (Wang, 2010), Serbia with 7.71 % (OECD, 2017) and Poland with 13.18 % (Dorożyński, Świerkocki, & Urbaniak, 2016). China's numbers are showing why the model was considered a success for them.…”

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“…If we are looking for a regional leader in attracting FDI in Central and Eastern Europe, that country would be Poland. In Poland, SEZs are important parts of a policy intended to prevent discrepancies in regional development and to contribute to the overall economic growth (Dorożyński, Świerkocki, & Urbaniak, 2016). Every region in the country has a SEZ that receives various levels of state aid.…”

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Foreign Direct Investment and Special Economic Zones in Latvia

Gulbis

2018

Baltic Journal of Real Estate Economics and Construction Management

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The paper aims at providing insight into the effectiveness of Latvian special economic zones (SEZ) as a tool to attract foreign direct investment (FDI). The goal is accomplished through the statistical analysis of relevant data and the comparison with international examples to establish a point of reference. Countries of comparison are chosen by merit, in the form of widely acknowledged success stories regarding SEZ policy, and relative statistical similarity. The wider the pool of examples, the more conclusions can be drawn about the effectiveness of SEZ in various metrics. Based on the results, Latvian special economic zones have significantly underperformed when compared to every single example on the list. Research has been approbated in the Riga Technical University 58th International Scientific Conference “Scientific Conference on Economics and Entrepreneurship” (SCEE’2017).

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“…The economic growth will be the yardstick in determining the success of a nation. For a developing or less developed country, the involvement of foreign investors is crucial to ensure that their economy can become more potent (Dorozyński et al, 2016). Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is one of the potential tools to increase economic growth.…”

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“…Most of the countries' policymakers have innovatively created various incentives to attract investors (e.g., tax incentives, export processing zones, economic zone, tariffs, subsidies). The implementation of FDI is assumed to create a remarkable impact on local economic development (Dorozyński et al, 2016). Thus, to spur the economic growth of a country, policymakers should not only emphasise the local economy or investment flow only, but they should also invite more FDIs to the host country.…”

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Establishment of Bukit Kayu Hitam as a Special Border Economic Zone (SBEZ): Global lessons

Najimudin

Dahlan

Nor

2020

E-BPJ

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Special Economic Zones (SEZs) is one of the known mechanisms to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Nevertheless, there was a global mix reaction towards its successful implementation with a few operational failures, especially in the area of its legal framework. Therefore, this paper aim is to explore the success and failure experience to be a reference for the development of Special Border Economic Zone at Bukit Kayu Hitam using qualitative textual analysis. It finds that two significant issues in SEZs; regulatory/ legal framework, and development spill-over. Keywords: Special Economic Zones; Land Use Planning Law; Policy Implementation; Bukit Kayu Hitam. eISSN: 2398-4287© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i14.2270

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The FDI Inflow to Special Economic Zones in Poland

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

Did transition bring cleaner air? Effects of ownership, territorial and technology policy on air pollution

Did transition bring cleaner air? Effects of ownership, territorial and technology policy on air pollution

Foreign Direct Investment and Special Economic Zones in Latvia

Establishment of Bukit Kayu Hitam as a Special Border Economic Zone (SBEZ): Global lessons

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