What are the determinants of the location of foreign direct investment? The Chinese experience

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 379-400

  Cheng, Leonard K ^a   Kwan, Yum K ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dynamic panel regression; Foreign direct investment; Partial stock adjustment; Positive feedback effect; Self reinforcing effect

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT LOCATION; LOCATION DECISION;

CHINA;

EID: 0033937449     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(99)00032-X     Document Type: Article

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