Published in Open Agriculture
Literature reports that developed countries are expected to be in stage IV or V (high economic development) in the investment development path (IDP). Knowing the IDP stage of a country shows the cross-border attractiveness of the economy, the circuitousness of firms expanding beyond the home border, and an indication for the formulation of appropri...
Published in Politics in Central Europe
International business research is usually focused on various aspects of foreign direct investment (FDI) by non-European emerging-market multinational enterprises (EMNEs) without attention to non-traditional factors pulling them into host countries. The objective of this paper is to examine the investments of EMNEs from two source countries, China ...
Published in Frontiers in Energy Research
Its reliance on energy from individual countries has seriously affected its energy security and foreign policy. Therefore, reducing dependence on energy from specific countries and decomposing energy import channels have become crucial goals in China’s efforts to resolve its energy crisis and ensure its national energy security. This study aims to ...
With rapid global development, outward foreign direct investment (FDI) has become a controversial issue, mainly focused on whether it is helpful to domestic green innovation, especially in developing countries. How does outward FDI reverse spillover technology to China, and does China’s innate endowment restrict it? The relevant mechanisms remain u...
While the rapid development of two-way foreign direct investment (FDI) has boosted China’s economic growth, its impact on environmental quality is uncertain. Based on provincial panel data from China covering the period from 2002 to 2020, this paper proposes an environmental quality assessment index system for China from two aspects: environmentall...
Published in International journal of environmental research and public health
This paper investigates the impact of two types of environmental regulations (ERs), command-and-control environmental regulation (CACER) and market-incentive environmental regulation (MIER), on green total factor productivity (GTFP) through outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) in 30 provinces in China for the period of 2006-2019. The Global Mal...
Published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
This paper examines the impact of the interactive development of inward foreign direct investment (IFDI) and outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) [two-way foreign direct investment (FDI)] on regional environmental technology by using data from 30 provinces and cities in China from 2004 to 2017. To overcome the possible endogeneity problem of th...
The purpose of this study is to examine the role of push and pull factors that have influenced China’s outward foreign direct investment (COFDI) in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries. The sample of BRI countries is divided according to three geographical regions representing Europe, MENA, and Asia for better understanding of the main fact...
The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of environmental regulation on regional environmental efficiency convergence using the fixed effects model and threshold regression model. The results show that the differences in environmental efficiency have a convergence trend in China, as well as in the eastern, central and western regions. The eff...
Published in Journal of Geographical Sciences
With the implementation of the “Going out” strategy and the Belt and Road Initiative, China’s investments have become increasingly influential in the global market. The contemporary literature has revealed how overseas Chinese networks and communities have actively promoted foreign investments into China over the past four decades. Whether this fac...
