The determinants of disparities in inward FDI flows to the three macro-regions of China

Post-Communist Economies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 257-270

  Zheng, Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CAPITAL FLOW; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD;

CHINA;

EID: 79957804595     PISSN: 14631377     EISSN: 14653958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14631377.2011.570053     Document Type: Article

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