In this paper, we use a unique dataset covering joint ventures in two provinces of China, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, to test … the effect of the institutional environment for domestic private firms on ownership structures of FDI projects. Unlike … many studies on this subject, we approach the issue from the perspective of local firms seeking FDI rather than from the …

-Japanese IJVs in China, we found that a local partner’s affiliation to a regional business group enhances the performance of an IJV … when its location restricts foreign direct investment (FDI). Meanwhile, a local partner’s affiliation to a national … business group enhances the performance of an IJV when it operates in an FDI-restricted industry. Our findings point to the …

question. I address it with novel data on China's auto sector. Recent fuel economy standards provide plausibly exogenous …, helping to reconcile FDI's positive role in the endogenous growth literature with mixed empirical findings at the country …

). As China has dropped joint venture requirements and shifted towards wholly foreign-owned FDI as part of becoming a member …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 …

investments in manufacturing industries in China during 2000-2006. We find qualified support for our hypotheses and discuss the …