Governance Infrastructure and Location of Foreign Direct Investment in the People’s Republic of China

Jia He, Oliver Rui and Xiaolei Zha
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Jia He: Asian Development Bank Institute
Xiaolei Zha: Asian Development Bank Institute

No 324, ADBI Working Papers from Asian Development Bank Institute

Abstract: In this study, using hand-collected data on FDI for more than 200 cities, the authors examine whether the Lucas paradox of capital exists within the PRC by adopting the dynamic panel data generalized method of moments (GMM) framework to avoid the potential endogeneity issue. Using both provincial- and city-level data, the empirical results show that FDI flows to the PRC, as proxied by total GDP and per capita GDP, favor rich regions over poor regions. They also find that regional economic growth has no significant impact on FDI. These findings support the existence of the Lucas paradox in the PRC.

Keywords: lucas-paradox; foreign direct investment; generalized method of moments; province-city-samples; government policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2011-11-23
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