Purpose: There is a close relationship between FDI and the level of urbanization. the objective of this research is to … analyze the relationship between FDI and the level of urbanization in Jiangsu and Guangdong provinces in costal areas. Design … fixed effects models, and the data of FDI (2000-2012), urbanization rate, industrial structure and regional GDP of Nanjing …

role of urbanization, coal consumption and CO2 emissions as additional variables to avoid omitted variable bias. The … a driver of economic advancement. The empirical study shows a bidirectional causal effect between urbanization and …

Cross-country regressions suggest that urbanization and FDI are important drivers of growth. However, it is not clear … for the sample of OECD countries. -- Growth ; foreign investment ; cities ; urbanization ; primacy ; spatial lags …