中国仍为全球跨国公司投资首选地

联合国贸易和发展会议（UNCTAD）近期发布的《2009～2011年世界投资前景调查》报告显示,全球金融危机和世界经济危机对跨国公司短期内的对外投资计划造成了很大的负面影响,但多数跨国公司认为外国直接投资（FDI）将在2010年出现缓慢复苏,并于2011年有望出现反弹。我国仍为FDI首选目的地。已连续8年居首位。     

我国企业FDI的区位选择探析

FDI的区位选择作为对外直接投资中的一个重要问题已成为企业对外直接投资成功的关键问题,它直接影响着我国企业当前对外直接投资的健康发展。针对我国企业对外直接投资主要集中在亚洲等地区的FDI区位分布现状的分析,结合我国国情和企业自身发展的特点,区位选择应当注重“聚集效应”的区位选择,保持成本优势的区位选择,选择强化企业核心竞争优势的区位和结合企业自身特点的区位。     

双向FDI与中国区域创新

双向FDI（外商直接投资和对外直接投资）作为全面开放新格局的一个重要方面,对中国区域创新具有深刻的影响。本文使用中国286个地级及以上城市2005—2016年面板数据,在厘清双向FDI影响区域创新机制的基础上,探究双向FDI与中国区域创新之间的关系。研究发现：（1）中国对外直接投资的逆向技术溢出效应弱于中国外商直接投资的技术溢出效应;（2）中国外商直接投资通过“贸易促进效应”和“人力资本提升效应”对区域创新产生积极影响,但中国的对外直接投资受限于投资结构仅能通过“人力资本提升效应”促进区域创新;（3）中国双向FDI与区域创新的关系在不同发展阶段和是否为资源型城市层面具有显著的异质性。文章的研究结论可能为推进中国形成全面开放新格局、推动中国成为创新型国家提供启示。     

发展中国家FDI流出对母国宏观经济效应探讨

以往对于对外直接投资和跨国公司经营活动的研究,多以发达国家为投资母国、而以发达国家或者发展中国家为东道国,对于发展中国家的对外直接投资流出则关注较少。但随着越来越多的发展中国家和转型经济体成为进行对外直接投资的流出地,实行“走出去”战略,关注发展中国家的对外直接投资流出对母国经济的影响将十分必要。     

促进自由贸易共建合作平台

自由贸易是必然趋势 自由贸易是未来世界纺织品发展的必然趋势. 2003年发展中国家的FDI(外国直接投资)流入状况指数年均为1.25,其中东亚及东南亚地区为1.54,发达国家为0.92;发展中国家全方位参与国际分工,介入新兴产业,寻求发展空间,在国外投资增速快于发达国家,总存量已占全球FDI总存量的1/10,达9000亿美元.     

海外直接投资对企业经营绩效的影响 ——基于不同投资国家的对比

文章选择2012—2017年有设立海外子公司的A股上市企业作为研究对象,分析中国企业对外直接投资对经营绩效的影响,并对比了对发展中国家投资和发达国家投资,进一步探索东道国市场需求和投资便利是否存在调节效应.研究表明,我国上市公司海外子公司的平均总资产收益率为负,对发展中国家的海外直接投资对经营绩效有显著正影响,而对发达国家的海外直接投资对经营绩效有显著负影响.此外,东道国市场需求、对FDI投资便利都能显著改善OFDI的投资绩效,且在发展中国家改善投资便利的正调节作用更强,在发达国家改善市场需求的正调节作用更强.     

外国直接投资对中国东部地区经济增长贡献的分析

在二战后,外商直接投资已经成为推动经济全球化的主要力量。2000年世界国际直接投资流入量总计已超过10000亿美元。截止2001年,中国吸收外商直接投资累计已近4000亿美元,连续多年位居发展中国家和地区之首。本文从内生增长模型推导FDI对经济增长的外溢效应。     

中国海外直接投资的产业和区位选择

随着全球经济一体化的发展,海外直接投资已成为我国企业的必然选择。文章在对我国现有产业现状和对外直接投资分析的基础上,得出了以发展中国家为主,发达国家为辅的对外直接投资战略步骤,为我国产业的海外直接投资的进一步发展提供建议。     

中国企业对外直接投资的战略性建构

随着信息技术和国际经济一体化的深入发展,对外直接投资已成为国际经济活动的重要力量。特别是进入20世纪90年代,经济全球化趋势加强,发展中国家对外直接投资在国际直接投资中的比重不断上升,企业对外直接投资已成为国家参与国际分工、推行全球战略的重要手段和动用全球资源,启用全球投资回报最高区位、获得国际经济竞争力的关键。     

中国纺织工业协会会长杜钰洲:促进自由贸易 共建合作平台

<正>自由贸易是必然趋势 自由贸易是未来世界纺织品发展的必然趋势。 2003年发展中国家的FDI(外国直接投资)流入状况 指数年均为1．25,其中东亚及东南亚地区为1．54,发达 国家为0．92;发展中国家全方位参与国际分工,介入新 兴产业,寻求发展空间,在国外投资增速快于发达国家, 总存量已占全球FDI总存量的1/10,达9000亿美元。     

我国环境规制对不同来源国FDI的影响

利用对中国直接投资排名前33位国家和地区的面板数据,对环境规制等因素与不同来源国FDI流入的关系进行研究,结果显示,我国环境规制虽然在一定程度上阻碍了来自发展中国家的FDI,但对发达国家的FDI并未产生影响.由于我国FDI大部分来自发达国家,因此我国环境规制对FDI流入的影响是有限的.提高我国的环境规制水平不但不会抑制FDI企业的进入,反而可以提高高新技术企业的竞争优势,发挥这些企业的技术扩散、外溢效应,更好地实现招商引资的战略目的.     

The relationship between trade,FDI and economic growth in Tunisia: An application of the autoregressive distributed lag model

The relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI), trade openness and economic growth in host countries remains one of the most important issues in the economic literature and met with renewed interest in recent years mainly for countries suffering from unemployment problems and lack of technological progress. This paper examines this issue for Tunisia by applying the bounds testing (ARDL) approach to cointegration for the period from 1970 to 2008. The bounds tests suggest that the variables of interest are bound together in the long run when foreign direct investment is the dependent variable. The associated equilibrium correction is also significant, confirming the existence of a long-run relationship. The results also indicate that there is no significant Granger causality from FDI to economic growth, from economic growth to FDI, from trade to economic growth and from economic growth to trade in the short run. Even though there is a widespread belief that FDI can generate positive spillover externalities for the host country, our empirical results fail to confirm this belief for the case of Tunisia. They go against the generally accepted idea considering the positive impact of FDI on economic growth to be automatic. The results found for Tunisia can be generalized and compared to other developing countries which share a common experience in attracting FDI and trade liberalization.     

Digging in the dirt? Extractive industry FDI and corruption

Does corruption attract or deter foreign investment in the extractive sectors? This article presents an econometric analysis of extractive industry foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to 81 countries in the period 1996–2009. The results suggest that increased corruption within a country is associated with increased extractive industry FDI, but at a diminishing rate as corruption increases grow larger. For realistic changes in corruption, however, more corruption is associated with more extractive industry investment.     

Efficiency externalities of trade and alternative forms of foreign investment in OECD countries

The literature on the spillover effects of trade and inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) has concentrated on technological externalities. Little effort has been directed towards identifying their efficiency externalities. This paper measures the efficiency externalities of trade and various forms of foreign investment for a sample of 20 OECD countries between 1982 and 2000 using a stochastic frontier approach. Trade and all foreign investment inflows are found to enhance efficiency, whereas outflows of FDI are found to exacerbate inefficiency. The efficiency externalities from foreign investment are contingent on the absorptive capacity of the host economies. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Sino-Indian Liberalization: The Role of Trade and Foreign Investment

Two major factors account for a country’s growing integration with the global economy: trade and foreign investment; expansion of exports, and foreign direct investment (FDI). Growth of exports became a dominant source of industrial growth during the 1980s in most developing countries (see Helleiner, 1995). Most of these countries including China and India, have replaced the old import-substitution policy by an export promotion strategy. Both domestic and international factors played an important role in the shift of national policies to repay debts. The process of globalization already underway necessitated export orientation for improving technology, management practices, marketing and international competitiveness. This paper aims at exploring the contributions of exports and FDI to growth and economic liberalization in China and lndia. The first section briefly reviews similarities and differences in the two economies. The second section deals with growth, composition and direction of foreign trade. The third section examines the role of FDI, and its sources and composition by sector, industry, and by overseas ethnic Chinese and Indians. Trade and FDI linkages are examined in the fourth section which also contains a brief case study of Guangdong (China). This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Inter- and intra-industry linkages as a determinant of FDI in Central and Eastern Europe

This paper uses an unpublished dataset on disaggregated foreign direct investment (FDI) in Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs), and is rooted in new economic geography literature. A 10% increase in access to suppliers based in the FDI recipient country or access to the EU15 market for intermediate goods increases FDI by about 2% in Central European countries and by 1% in Eastern European countries. We argue that Central (core) European countries specialise in upstream industries and re-export goods toward FDI-origin countries, while Eastern (periphery) European countries are also involved in this production chain, but to a lesser extent.     

New evidence on the link between exchange rates and asset-seeking acquisition FDI

Blonigen (1997) proposes a link between exchange rates and foreign direct investment (FDI) motivated to acquire complementary assets (i.e., asset-seeking acquisition FDI). However, previous studies have only examined this hypothesis with acquisition FDI data from a country source that are mostly U.S. inbound. In this paper I examine the hypothesis using the acquisition FDI data from multiple country sources that are inbound for various countries. I find evidence in support of this hypothesis for U.S. inbound acquisition FDI from multiple country sources, but not inbound acquisition FDI for other various developed countries.     

Foreign direct investment and small firm employment in northern Mexico: 1987-1996

This study analyses the impact of foreign direct investment on small business employment along the border in Mexico between 1987 and 1996. During this period, unprecedented levels of foreign direct investment flowed to Mexico, most notably to the northern border region. At the same time, it appears that internal migration of workers from the interior to the border occurred in response to employment generated by this investment. Utilizing 1987 and 1996 data from the Encuesta Nacional de Empleo Urbano, bivariate probit models of employment and small/ large firm employment for the border and interior regions are estimated. The results suggest that the increased employment share captured by large firms in the border may have hindered growth in the small business sector. A better understanding of the impact of FDI flows on small businesses may help policymakers in developing countries as they strive to create broad-based economic growth.     

Causality Tests for Cross-Country Panels: a New Look at FDI and Economic Growth in Developing Countries

The remarkable increase in FDI flows to developing countries over the last decade has focused attention on whether this source of financing enhances overall economic growth. We use a mixed fixed and random (MFR) panel data estimation method to allow for cross country heterogeneity in the causal relationship between FDI and growth and contrast our findings with those from traditional approaches. We find that the relationship between investment, both foreign and domestic, and economic growth in developing countries is highly heterogeneous and that estimation methods which assume homogeneity across countries can yield misleading results. Our results suggest there is some evidence that the efficacy of FDI in raising future growth rates, although heterogeneous across countries, is higher in more open economies.     

Foreign inflows and economic growth: An emiprical study of the SAARC region

The study examines and highlights the impact of selected foreign inflows (aid, trade, FDI, debt and remittances) on the economic growth of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries. The existent literature lacks a comprehensive analysis of the SAARC countries as countries like Afghanistan, Bhutan and the Maldives have largely been ignored due to the shorter time periods of available data. The study is empirical in nature and utilizes panel data techniques on macroeconomic data for the period 2008–2015. Foreign aid and foreign direct investment are found to impact economic growth positively. Foreign debt and trade flows are found to adversely affect economic growth. No relationship is established between the flow of remittances and the economic growth of these countries. The obtained results are robust to different proxy variables and the addition of macroeconomic variables. For the first time, the study provides policy implications based on the data of all SAARC countries. The study recommends focusing on increasing the inflows of resources in the form of aid and foreign direct investment (FDI) from the developed world to achieve higher economic growth.