Does "Good Government" Draw Foreign Capital? Explaining China's Exceptional Foreign Direct Investment Inflow

Does "Good Government" Draw Foreign Capital? Explaining China's Exceptional Foreign Direct Investment Inflow

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 predi...

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Main Authors:	Fan, Joseph P. H., Morck, Randall, Xu, Lixin Colin, Yeung, Bernard
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACTIONS AGENCY PROBLEMS BENCHMARK BENCHMARKS BUREAUCRACY CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL MARKETS CODES CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS CORRUPTION CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSES CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS CROSS-COUNTRY DATA DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACY DIRECT INVESTMENT INFLOW DISCLOSURE DOMESTIC FIRMS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTION EMBEZZLEMENT ETHICAL STANDARDS EXCHANGE RATE EXPROPRIATION FDI FIXED INVESTMENT FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN COMPANIES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN OPERATION FOREIGN OPERATIONS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATE HOST COUNTRY INEFFICIENCY INFORMATION ASYMMETRY INVESTMENT PROJECTS INWARD FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT LATIN AMERICAN LEGAL PROTECTION LEGAL SYSTEM MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MANUFACTURING SECTORS MARKET ACCESS MARKET FAILURE MASS MEDIA MONARCHY MONOPOLY MULTINATIONAL FIRMS NPV POLITICAL DEBATE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL SYSTEM PRIME MINISTER PRIVATE PROPERTY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY QUALITY OF LAWS RULE OF LAW RULINGS TRANSPARENCY TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO WAGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7537759/good-government-draw-foreign-capital-explaining-chinas-exceptional-foreign-direct-investment-inflow http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7062

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7537759/good-government-draw-foreign-capital-explaining-chinas-exceptional-foreign-direct-investment-inflow
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7062