STOCK OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGIONS IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

The foreign direct investment to acquire its significance, especially in the field of local and regional development. Their positive impact is reflected at the local as well as at the national level. The economic policy of many states, including Slovakia, is inclined to the active support of the investors through the investment incentives. Although the international agreements in principle do not allow discrimination of foreign or domestic investors, the different treatment often clear from the set of criteria that an investor must meet in order to receive these incentives. The aim of the contribution is to assess the stock of the foreign direct investment and regional gross domestic product per capita and to point out the regional economic divergence in the Slovak Republic. We assume that the different regional stock of the foreign direct investment will have a significant influence on the economic differences of the regions in the Slovak Republic. This analysis confirmed our assumption.