The Determinants of Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment:A Closer Look

作     者：Muhammad Zubair Mumtaz Zachary Alexander Smith 

作者机构：School of Social Sciences&HumanitiesNational University of Sciences&TechnologyH-12IslamabadPakistan Department of EconomicsSaint Leo UniversitySaint LeoFL 33574USA 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities》 (中国高等学校学术文摘·经济学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2018年第13卷第4期

页      面：577-601页

学科分类：02[经济学] 

主　　题：China outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) emerging and developing countries globalization 

摘      要：Over the last fifteen years, China rapidly expanded its outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) through remarkable economic growth and the “go global policy. Chinese firms explored investment avenues especially in developing and emerging countries. As a result, China became the third largest contributor of OFDI. We examine the determinants of Chinese OFDI in 67 countries during the period lasting from 2006 to 2015 using the feasible generalized least square method. We find that the size of the economy, market opportunities, cost advantages due to low wage structure, ease of doing business, country risk, and geographical proximity are the prominent factors leading to changes in Chinese OFDI in developing and emerging economies. We find that China’s investments in different developing and emerging countries are driven by a different set of factors and the determinants of Chinese OFDI vary in low and high per capita income countries.