The upsurge of Chinese and Indian outward foreign direct investment (FDI) raises an unanswered question about locational determinants of direct investment from the two countries. Using an unbalanced bilateral FDI database, we find that Chinese and Indian FDI are attracted to countries with large...

We examine the wage and employment impact on Chinese firms of an increase in import competition associated with China's WTO accession in December 2001, with an emphasis on state-owned enterprises (SOEs). We find that both wage and employment are negatively impacted by an increase in import...

Using privately-owned-enterprises (POEs) data in China, we find that access to external finance is a statistically significant factor explaining their probability of undertaking foreign direct investment (FDI). The significance of external finance is magnified in industries featured by high...