TY - JOUR
T1 - The regional distribution of foreign direct investment in China
AU - Wei, Yingqi
AU - Liu, Xiaming
AU - Parker, David
AU - Vaidya, Kirit
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - This paper analyses the determinants of the regional distribution of both pledged and realized foreign direct investment (FDI) within China. The econometric properties of the panel data set are examined using a standardized 't-bar' test for unit root. The empirical results indicate that there exists a long run relationship between the spatial distribution of FDI and a number of regional characteristics. Provinces with a higher level of international trade, lower wage rates, more R and D manpower, higher GDP growth rates, quicker improvement in infrastructure, more rapid advances in agglomeration, more preferential policies and closer ethnic links with overseas Chinese attract relatively more pledged FDI.
AB - This paper analyses the determinants of the regional distribution of both pledged and realized foreign direct investment (FDI) within China. The econometric properties of the panel data set are examined using a standardized 't-bar' test for unit root. The empirical results indicate that there exists a long run relationship between the spatial distribution of FDI and a number of regional characteristics. Provinces with a higher level of international trade, lower wage rates, more R and D manpower, higher GDP growth rates, quicker improvement in infrastructure, more rapid advances in agglomeration, more preferential policies and closer ethnic links with overseas Chinese attract relatively more pledged FDI.
UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00343409950075498
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033383075&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00343409950075498
DO - 10.1080/00343409950075498
M3 - Article
SN - 1360-0591
VL - 33
SP - 857
EP - 867
JO - Regional studies
JF - Regional studies
IS - 9
ER -