TURKEY’S COMPETITIVENESS IN TERMS OF DETERMINANTS OFFDI: A COMPARISON WITH HUNGARY AND POLAND

Foreign direct investments (FDI) have increased rapidly in the world especiallyafter 1990s. Both developing and developed countries consider FDI as a source ofcapital and they compete with each other to get more FDI to their countries. Inthis context, the factors that make attractive thehost country are becomingimportant to attract FDI. Determinants of FDI classified differently by economic,political and geographical in the literature.In this study, the economic factors determine FDI in Turkey (market size, laborcosts, exchange rates, interest rates, economic growth rate, geographic location,infrastructure, taxes, etc.) will be investigated and compared with data of Hungaryand Poland. As a result of this comparison, the factors attracting FDI and affectingthe competitiveness of Turkey against to Hungary and Poland will be determined