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Subnational institutional environment, scale competition and MNEs’ ownership levels in transition economy: evidence from China

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  • Wen Xiao
  • Jiadong Pan
  • Jiangang Jiang

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This paper shows that the effect of market scale competition on the ownership levels of foreign-funded enterprises is conditioned on sub-national institutional environment in China. Analysis is based on the idea that multinational enterprises subject to the dual pressures of institutional isomorphism and competition in the host country. The provincial panel data from 2001 to 2012 is used for empirical tests. This study indicates that the weaker the legal property rights protection and legal enforcement of contracts, and the higher the opening up, the more the large foreign-funded enterprises decrease their ownership levels, whereas the negative moderating effect incurred by the reduction to government intervention in business is limited significant.

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  • Wen Xiao & Jiadong Pan & Jiangang Jiang, 2016. "Subnational institutional environment, scale competition and MNEs’ ownership levels in transition economy: evidence from China," Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(3), pages 243-261, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jocebs:v:14:y:2016:i:3:p:243-261
    DOI: 10.1080/14765284.2016.1228300
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