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Corruption, Governance and FDI Location in China : A Province-Level Analysis

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  • Matthew Cole
  • Robert Elliott
  • Jing Zhang

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China's recent rapid growth has been matched by large increases in exports and foreign direct investment (FDI), but considerable regional disparities in FDI flows exist. We use detailed province level data for China to examine the determinants of intra-country FDI flows. Specifically, we investigate whether FDI is attracted to those regions that exhibit good governance and are most strongly engaged in the fight against corruption, constructing proxies for provincial government efficiency and anti-corruption effort. Our regression results confirm that FDI is attracted to provinces with relatively high levels of government efficiency and are actively involved in the fight against corruption.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, University of Birmingham in its series Discussion Papers with number 08-06.

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Length: 32 pages
Date of creation: Oct 2008
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Handle: RePEc:bir:birmec:08-06
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Keywords: FDI; corruption; governance;

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  • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East
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  1. Siqi Zheng & Matthew E. Kahn & Hongyu Liu, 2009. "Towards a System of Open Cities in China: Home Prices, FDI Flows and Air Quality in 35 Major Cities," NBER Working Papers 14751, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Esiyok, Bulent & Ugur, Mehmet, 2011. "Foreign direct investment in provinces: A spatial regression approach to FDI in Vietnam," MPRA Paper 36145, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 05 Jan 2012.
  3. Arch G. Woodside & Man-Ling Chang & Cheng-Feng Cheng, 2012. "Government Regulations of Business, Corruption, Reforms, and the Economic Growth of Nations," International Journal of Business and Economics, College of Business, and College of Finance, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan, vol. 11(2), pages 127-142, December.
  4. Gillanders, Robert & Parviainen, Sinikka, 2014. "Experts’ Perceptions versus Firms’ Experiences of Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment," MPRA Paper 58991, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  5. Alfred Wu & Mi Lin, 2012. "Determinants of government size: evidence from China," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 151(1), pages 255-270, April.
  6. Shih-Ying Wu & Mei-Jane Teng, 2012. "Fiscal decentralization and multinational firms’ ownership: evidence from China," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 13(3), pages 237-262, September.

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