Outward Direct Investment from China Project

Background

For more than two decades, China has been the largest recipient of foreign direct investments (FDIs) among developing countries for more than two decades and the second largest worldwide after the United States since 2008. Currently, China is also becoming an an important outbound investor of outward FDI (OFDI). This research theme looks at the processes and impact of OFDI from China with a focus on developing countries.

Working Papers
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Determinants and Impact of Outward Direct Investment from China: Evidence from a Firm-level Survey in Guangdong Province (Xiaolan Fu, Suyu Liu and Tieli Li)

SLPTMD-WP-49
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Multi-dimensional Complementarities and the Growth Impact of Direct Investment from China on Host Countries (Xiaolan Fu)

SLPTMD-WP-50
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Multi-dimensional Complementarities and the Growth Impact of Direct Investment from China on Host Developing Countries (Xiaolan Fu, Peter Buckley)

SLPTMD-WP-69
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The Impact of China-Africa Trade on the Productivity of African Firms: Evidence from Ghana (Xiaolan Fu, Jun Hou and Pierre Mohen)

SLPTMD-WP-70
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An Exploration of How Chinese Companies Use Tax Havens and Offshore Financial Centres: 'Round-Tripping' or 'Capital-Augmenting' OFDI? (Dylan Sutherland, Ben Matthews and Ahmad El-Gohari)

SLPTMD-WP-42