The impact of the economic crisis on the international investment position of the european union

Global integration is one of the leading concepts in recent economic developments. But with more integration, the new forms ofe economic risks arise. Since 2007/08 several European countries are struggling with respect to their economies, affecting the whole European Union. The following thesis deals with the global economic crisis and its impact on the external economic sector of the 27 European member states. Using a quantitative approach, the two opposite positions of Assets and Liabilities ofthe International Investment Position are analyzed. The main findings are that countries with higher impact of the economic crisis also indicate a decreasing external wealth of the economic sector.