Dynamic relationship between China’s inward and outward foreign direct investments

This paper studies the dynamic relationship of China’s inward and outward foreign direct investments (FDI). It first identifies the key determinants of China’s outward FDI (OFDI) in 172 host countries during 2003-09 using a partial stock adjustment model. It finds strong evidence of dynamic adjustme...

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Main Authors: Yao, Shujie, Wang, Pan, Zhang, Jing, Ou, Jinghua
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Published: Elsevier 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33832/
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author Yao, Shujie
Wang, Pan
Zhang, Jing
Ou, Jinghua
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Wang, Pan
Zhang, Jing
Ou, Jinghua
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description This paper studies the dynamic relationship of China’s inward and outward foreign direct investments (FDI). It first identifies the key determinants of China’s outward FDI (OFDI) in 172 host countries during 2003-09 using a partial stock adjustment model. It finds strong evidence of dynamic adjustment in China’s OFDI stock with an agglomeration effect. The dynamic adjustment and agglomeration effects are stronger in “high-tech” countries than in “low-tech” ones but indifferent in host country’s resource endowments and income levels. The empirical results suggest that there exists a substantial adjustment cost in China’s OFDI and that China’s existing OFDI stock can gradually adjust towards its long term equilibrium level, which is not only greater but also more volatile than the actual stock. Of particular interest is that we find a strong and positive relationship between lagged inward FDI (IFDI) and contemporaneous OFDI, implying that capital outflow from China has been partially induced by the countries which have invested in China.
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spelling nottingham-338322020-05-04T20:01:34Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33832/ Dynamic relationship between China’s inward and outward foreign direct investments Yao, Shujie Wang, Pan Zhang, Jing Ou, Jinghua This paper studies the dynamic relationship of China’s inward and outward foreign direct investments (FDI). It first identifies the key determinants of China’s outward FDI (OFDI) in 172 host countries during 2003-09 using a partial stock adjustment model. It finds strong evidence of dynamic adjustment in China’s OFDI stock with an agglomeration effect. The dynamic adjustment and agglomeration effects are stronger in “high-tech” countries than in “low-tech” ones but indifferent in host country’s resource endowments and income levels. The empirical results suggest that there exists a substantial adjustment cost in China’s OFDI and that China’s existing OFDI stock can gradually adjust towards its long term equilibrium level, which is not only greater but also more volatile than the actual stock. Of particular interest is that we find a strong and positive relationship between lagged inward FDI (IFDI) and contemporaneous OFDI, implying that capital outflow from China has been partially induced by the countries which have invested in China. Elsevier 2016-09 Article PeerReviewed Yao, Shujie, Wang, Pan, Zhang, Jing and Ou, Jinghua (2016) Dynamic relationship between China’s inward and outward foreign direct investments. China Economic Review, 40 . pp. 54-70. ISSN 1043-951X Foreign direct investment; Dynamic adjustment; Agglomeration effect; Partial stock adjustment; China http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043951X16300608 doi:10.1016/j.chieco.2016.05.005 doi:10.1016/j.chieco.2016.05.005
spellingShingle Foreign direct investment; Dynamic adjustment; Agglomeration effect; Partial stock adjustment; China
Yao, Shujie
Wang, Pan
Zhang, Jing
Ou, Jinghua
Dynamic relationship between China’s inward and outward foreign direct investments
title Dynamic relationship between China’s inward and outward foreign direct investments
title_full Dynamic relationship between China’s inward and outward foreign direct investments
title_fullStr Dynamic relationship between China’s inward and outward foreign direct investments
title_full_unstemmed Dynamic relationship between China’s inward and outward foreign direct investments
title_short Dynamic relationship between China’s inward and outward foreign direct investments
title_sort dynamic relationship between china’s inward and outward foreign direct investments
topic Foreign direct investment; Dynamic adjustment; Agglomeration effect; Partial stock adjustment; China
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