The Role of FDI,Exports and Spillover Effects in the Regional Development of China

The objective of this analysis is to assess the impacts of export expansion, inward FDI, domestic investment and labour on the growth of China's Eastern, Central and Western regions using panel data over the period 1984 to 1998. A major contribution of the study is its tests for the presence of interregional spillover effects. The study indicates that both inward FDI and domestic investment stimulate growth in all three regions and for the PRC as a whole and that export expansion stimulates the growth of the PRC, Eastern and Central China, but not the West. Labour enhances the growth of the more traditional Western region, but not the more capital intensive Eastern seaboard or the PRC in its entirety. Finally, output growth spills over from the East to Western and Central China and from the Central area to Western China. These results are fully explained in the text.     

Political institutions and FDI inflows in autocratic countries*

ABSTRACT

Why do some autocratic countries attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) than others? Surprisingly, few studies have explored the considerable variation in FDI inflows to non-democratic countries. In this article, I argue that non-democratic countries with seemingly democratic political institutions, such as elected legislatures, attract more FDI inflow than others. This is because these institutions can (1) reduce the transaction costs of investment activities due to the relative transparency of the policy-making process, and (2) act as veto players, making the existing market-friendly policy changes difficult, and thus, promising a more stable investment environment. My empirical results support the main expectation that autocratic countries with legislatures attract more FDI than other autocratic countries, and the institutions’ effects are conditionally modified by the quality of market protecting institutions.     

全球化新趋势下利用FDI与我国产业安全研究

经济全球化新趋势下利用FDI发生了新变化,使得我国国内经济建设和引资环境面临新的挑战。尽管吸引外商投资及其技术转让,是我国现阶段各级政府都争相采取的对策,但利用FDI在带来诸多好处的同时,也附带了高风险,甚至会形成经济全球化的“陷阱”,损害我国的经济利益,进而危及民族产业安全。这就要求我国采取新的引资对策和维护民族产业安全的新举措。     

外商投资对北京建设国际化大都市的影响

通过对北京外商投资的分析可以看出,外商投资加快了北京经济的发展速度,加快了北京经济融入国际化的发展进程。外资的注入,在北京形成了一定规模的国际化空间和国际化企业,产生了国际化人才队伍。同时,北京利用外资也存在不足,北京对外开放程度与国际化大都市相比还有差距,外资来源相对集中,利用外资形式单一等。北京要吸引跨国公司,扩大利用外资规模,营造国际化环境,转变政府职能,建设国际化人才高地,就必须加强宣传,参与国际事务,增强北京的城市影响力和辐射力。     

印度吸收外国直接投资的特点及原因

随着经济全球化,外国直接投资成为国际资本流动的一种趋势,世界各国加快了利用外资步伐。近年来,外国直接投资在印度跳跃式发展,因此作为世界经济中发展较快的经济实体之一,探讨外资在印度发展特点、原因具有十分重要意义。     

Conceptualizing China–Latin America relations in the twenty-first century: the boom,the bust,and the aftermath

Despite the emergence of a rich literature on the rise of China in Latin America (LAC) since 2000, we are still grappling with this phenomenon. In this article we seek to theorize this expanding South–South relationship from two vantage points. First, from the perspective of China, we argue that, by necessity, the PRC has had to internationalize its development strategy in order to compensate for its serious natural resource deficit, feed the world's largest domestic population, and fuel the soon-to-be largest economy in the world. LAC has been just one slice of China's ‘go out’ strategy. Our second perspective probes the effect of China's entry into the region. Through the lens of development economics, we identify three separate political economy scenarios that have been accentuated within those countries that have the strongest economic ties with China. We rely on measures of institutional performance and macro-economic trends to illustrate the variable effects of China on LAC.     

跨国银行FDI动机和区位选择研究及其新进展

学界有关跨国银行外国直接投资(FD I)动机和区位选择的研究,过去一直建立在跨国公司的理论框架内。近年来,学界在总结跨国银行FD I的发展历程及新发展趋势的基础上,创新发展了跨国银行FD I理论框架,对我国制定相关政策具有积极的启示。     

江西省外商直接投资潜力的实证分析

外商直接投资潜力指数是衡量一个地区吸引外资水平的重要标志。在中部崛起的大战略环境下,随着对外开放政策从沿海地区向中部地区梯度推进,江西省把招商引资作为经济社会发展的助推器。本文以外商直接投资潜力为切入点,运用业绩指数和潜力指数,分析江西吸引外资的能力及潜力,并根据分析结果提出增强江西省外商直接投资潜力的对策建议。     

国际金融危机对我国FDI规模的影响与应对措施

改革开放以来，FDI对中国的经济增长和出口做出了积极的贡献。国际金融危机的爆发导致了我国FDI规模下降，影响到中国的经济增长和对外贸易，因此提高中国FDI的规模和质量，增强FDI对中国市场环境的信心．拓宽招商引资的渠道，加强对FDI流向的调控和监管，将有利于我国应对国际金融危机对经济增长和对外贸易的冲击。