China is now the world's largest destination of foreign direct investment (FDI), despite assessments highlighting its … institutional deficiencies. But this FDI inflow corresponds closely to predicted FDI flows into China from a model that predicts FDI …-institution countries. The only real discrepancy is that, if government quality is measured by constraints on executive power, China …

Weak institutions impede foreign direction investment (FDI), yet China attracts massive FDI despite global media … spotlighting its institutional infirmities. Standard institutional quality variables poorly track rapid transformations, like China … cases. Cross-country regressions controlling for institutional quality and economy track record reveal China's FDI inflow …