Why does so much FDI from Hong Kong and Taiwan go to Mainland China?

China Economic Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 293-307

  Honglin Zhang, Kevin ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment (FDI); Hong Kong and Taiwan direct investment (HKTDI); Multinational corporations (MNCs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144456503     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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