Both foreign investment and migrations are good for regional convergence.
Foreign investment is good, but migrations are bad.
Foreign investment is bad, but migrations are good.
Both foreign investment and migrations are bad for regional convergence.
It depends on how you measure economic convergence.
Total votes: 34
Learning objectives:
Understanding the concept of economic convergence and how to measure it (beta-convergence and sigma-convergence).
Understanding the effect of foreign direct investment on economic activity on the investing and recipient country.
Understanding the effect of migrations on economic activity in the country of origin and the country of destination of migrants.
Understanding the difference between the use of GDP and GNP when measuring economic convergence.
Understanding the difference between using GDPpc and territorial GDP when measuring economic convergence.
Understanding the way the EU measures regional economic convergence.
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