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Foreign direct investment under weak rule of law : theory and evidence from China

Wang, Xiaozu; Xu, Lixin Colin; Zhu, Tian - 2011

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Institutions and Foreign Investment : China versus the World

Fan, Joseph P.H. - 2007

Weak institutions ought to deter foreign direction investment (FDI), and mass media stories highlight China …'s institutional deficiencies, yet China is now one of the world's largest FDI destinations. This incongruity characterizes China …'s paradoxical growth. Cross-country regressions show that China's FDI inflow is not exceptionally large, given the quality of its …

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Microeconomic consequences and macroeconomic causes of foreign direct investment in Southern African economies

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Property rights, political connections, and corporate investment

Miao, Meng; Tang, Dragon Yongjun; Xu, Lixin Colin - 2019

Despite the literature on rural land property rights, studies on urban land property rights are rare. This paper studies the impact of an urban land titling program on firm investment. It finds that the program leads to increased investment rate for titling firms, and the positive effect holds...

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Foreign direct investment and female entrepreneurship

Fang, Sheng; Shamseldin, Heba M. M.; Xu, Lixin Colin - 2019

Using World Bank Enterprise Survey data around the world, this paper examines how foreign direct investment is associated with female entrepreneurship (that is, a firm being managed and at least partly owned by women), along with other factors such as business environment and female empowerment,...

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