We study the economics of international joint ventures with administrative data for China exploiting the change in … foreign direct investment policy as China entered the WTO in the year 2002. Accounting for a quarter of all international …). As China has dropped joint venture requirements and shifted towards wholly foreign-owned FDI as part of becoming a member …

ventures in China from 1998 to 2007 - roughly a quarter of all international joint ventures in the world - we find, first, that … virtually absent in broad sectors that include economic activities for which China's FDI policy has prohibited joint ventures. …

ventures in China from 1998 to 2007--roughly a quarter of all international joint ventures in the world--we find, first, that … virtually absent in broad sectors that include economic activities for which China's FDI policy has prohibited joint ventures …

ventures in China from 1998 to 2007—roughly a quarter of all international joint ventures in the world—we find, first, that … virtually absent in broad sectors that include economic activities for which China's FDI policy has prohibited joint ventures …