%0 Journal Article %T Outward FDI and the Investment Development Path in Romania %A SIMONA GABRIELA MASCA %A VIORELA LIGIA VAIDEAN %J Revista Romana de Economie %D 2010 %I Romanian Academy %X :Our study characterizes the outward FDI phenomenon in Romania in the light of Dunning s Investment Development Path theory, based on the relationship between a country s development level and its net international investment position, that has previously been applied to most CEE countries except for ours. A series of indicators are used, concluding that, nowadays, Romania is situated in the second stage of IDP. More, we found that the IDP paradigm is generally applicable to Romania; the specific feature consists in bigger growth rates of FDI inflows than of GDP in the first stages of IDP. Some policy implications are drawn. %K multinationals %K outward FDI %K international investment position %K IDP theory %K descriptive analyses %U http://www.revecon.ro/articles/2010-2/2010-2-3.pdf