Foreign direct investment in China : winners and losers / Galina Hale, Cheryl Long.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hale, Galina.

Contributor:

Long, Cheryl.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investments, Foreign.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : World Scientific Pub. Co., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the effects that foreign direct investment into China has had on the productivity, exporting activity, and innovation of Chinese domestic firms, as well as on the nation's labor markets. The analysis relies on the most complete data available and state-of-the-art statistical analysis. The book also includes a critical overview of existing theoretical and empirical literature on these issues and is meant to provide guidance to researchers in the area of FDI effects in general, as well as those interested in studying the Chinese economy.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction and Overview; 1.1 Foreign Direct Investment and FDI Policies in China; 1.2 Literature on the Effects of FDI; 1.3 Chinese Manufacturing Firms in 2000-2006; 1.4 Outline of Book; 2 Effects of FDI on Target Firms; 2.1 Effects of FDI on Total Factor Productivity of Target Firms; 2.2 Effects of FDI on Wages and Labor Quality of Target Firms; 2.3 Effects of FDI on Exports of Target Firms; 2.4 Effects of FDI on New Product Introduction by Target Firms; 2.5 Summary; 3 FDI Spillovers on Productivity of Domestic Firms

3.1 Estimation Specification and Measurement of FDI Presence3.2 Empirical Results; 3.2.1 Horizontal spillovers; 3.2.2 Backward linkages; 3.2.3 Forward linkages; 3.3 Conclusion; 4 FDI Spillovers on Labor Markets; 4.1 Firm Ownership and Personnel Practices in China; 4.2 Empirical Evidence; 4.3 Robustness Tests and Discussion; 4.4 Discussion of Empirical Findings; 4.5 Conclusion; 5 FDI Spillovers on Exports of Domestic Firms; 5.1 Empirical Results; 5.1.1 Horizontal spillovers; 5.1.2 Backward linkages; 5.1.3 Forward linkages; 5.2 Conclusion; 6 FDI and the Incentives to Innovate and Imitate

6.1 FDI Spillover Effects on New Product Introduction6.1.1 Horizontal spillovers; 6.1.2 Backward linkages; 6.1.3 Forward linkages; 6.2 Comparing Innovation with Imitation; 6.2.1 Empirical analysis; 6.2.2 Estimation results; Evidence from heterogeneous firms as support of the imitation hypothesis; Additional results; 6.3 Conclusion; 6.4 Appendix A: Model of FDI Spillovers on Innovation and Imitation; A.1. Foreign .rms; 7 Conclusions; 8 Technical Information; 8.1 Data Sources; 8.1.1 Manufacturing census data; 8.1.2 World Bank 2001 and 2003 Investment Climate Surveys; 8.2 Empirical Approach

8.2.1 Measures of FDI presence8.2.1.1. NBS manufacturing census data; 8.2.1.2. World Bank survey data; 8.2.2 Productivity measures; 8.2.3 Estimating the effects of FDI presence; Census data analysis; World Bank survey data analysis; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613646354

9781280669422

128066942X

9789814340410

9814340413

OCLC:

794306947