Publications and working papers
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04
12,2017
Infrastructure investment environment in Latin America and the investment capacity and challenges of Chinese infrastructure enterprises
Abstract:Latin American countries face huge demands for infrastructure investment, while China’s capacity advantages in this area have attracted international attention in recent years. From the historical perspective, commodity－price－based economic growth, government capacity and private sector participation are the most important three drivers behind the development of Latin America infras...
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01
12,2016
Government, MNEs and industry development:a perspective of game theory
Abstract:A mass of scholars had studied the roles of government and MNEs in industry development. The general conclusion was that FDI had both positive and negative effects and the government played a crucial role in maximizing the positive effects. Although some scholars were aware of the game relationships between MNEs and government, the important questions that how the government bargained ...
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20
10,2015
The Investment Development Path of China: the Role of Government since Opening up
Abstract:This paper illustrates the internal logic of the investment development path (IDP) by examining the three-way dynamic interaction between the ownership (O) advantages of domestic firms, the advantages of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and the location (L) advantages of countries. Based on the framework, China’ s IDP is systematically investigated, paying particular attention to the ...
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16
10,2015
FDI indirect spillover in emerging economies: the role of government
Abstract:FDI-generated effects maybe direct when it impacts the host country economy as a whole or indirect when spillovers increase local producers’ productivity and competitiveness.Spillover effects arising from the establishing multinationals will benefit local producers through different channels or mechanisms. Key factors for the enactment of spillovers pervade literature, albeit an overl...
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15
10,2015
Foreign direct investment industry characteristics and spillovers: A double mechanism model
Abstract:The analysis suggests significant differences between types of spillovers: export orientation of domestic firms mainly influences FDI spillovers by intensity; the capability gap between local and foreign firms influences spillovers by efficiency; and the growth of local firms influences both types of spillovers. This paper develops existing models of FDI and suggests that disaggregatin...
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14
10,2015
Chinese company investing in Latin Area – Challenges and Opportunities(II)
Abstract:the first half of the article "Chinese enterprises investing in Latin America: complex situation and rare opportunities" was published in the third issue (64 issues) of 2014 to analyze the status of Chinese enterprises investing in Latin America and the reasons for its formation. The second half of the article is published in this issue to discuss the new opportunities for Chinese ente...
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12
10,2015
A comparative study on the labour law's influence between China and Brazil's foreign direct investments
Abstract:in foreign direct investment, the difference of legal environment between the home country and the host country will cause great trouble to the enterprises that implement foreign investment. There are obvious differences in labor laws between Brazil and China, which pose a severe challenge to Chinese enterprises investing in Brazil. This paper compares the legislative style of labor la...
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21
09,2015
A Comparative research on the foreign direct investment outflow between developed and developing countries based on the mining industry
Abstract:Under the background of economic globalization, the issue of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) is raising more and more concern. Basing on the international researches of OFDI, our paper investigates the development and investment process of mining enterprises from both developed countries and developing countries specifically and dynamically. Then, we compare the external envir...
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17
09,2015
Does Inward FDI Impact on Outward FDI? Evidence from Global Panel Data
Abstract:Based on IDP theory, this study uses panel data of 146 countries from 1980 to 2011 to analyze the core issue of "the impact of attracting foreign investment on foreign investment and its mechanism". The results show that, from the global level, a country's attracting foreign investment has a significant positive impact on its foreign investment; and the promoting effect of attracting f...
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16
09,2015
The influence mechanism of IFDI on target country's capability development of OFDI: Preliminary construction of the mechanism analysis framework
Abstract:This paper first discusses the research scope of this issue, and systematically analyzes the multiple levels involved in the mechanism of attracting foreign investment on foreign investment capacity, as well as the complex logical relationship between the various levels. Then, on the basis of the connection and integration of IDP theory, FDI direct impact and spillover effect theory, i...
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