The regional distribution of foreign direct investment in China

Regional Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 857-867

  Wei, Yingqi ^a   Liu, Xiaming ^a   Parker, David ^a   Vaidya, Kirit ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Distribution; Foreign; Investment; Regional

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT; REGIONAL PATTERN;

CHINA;

EID: 0033383075     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343409950075498     Document Type: Article

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