China Economic Research Center Working Paper Series
No 2008-2:
IS CHINA DIFFERENT? A META ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ON DOMESTIC FIRMS
Christer Ljungwall ()
and Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall ()
Abstract: Empirical evidence suggests that China has benefited from
foreign direct investment (FDI). However, an important question that
remains unanswered is whether China has benefited more from FDI than other
countries in general and other transition and developing countries in
particular. This paper investigates this issue by performing a
Meta-analysis on a sample of 67 country-specific studies yielding 125
observations that have gauged the nexus between FDI and measures of income
growth. The results show that studies on China report relatively high
t-values and thus indicate that China may have benefited more than other
countries from FDI.
Keywords: Meta-analysis; Foreign direct investment; Economic growth; China; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: F21; F23; (follow links to similar papers)
13 pages, November 1, 2008
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