Foreign direct investment and economic policy uncertainty in China

Lidan Zhang; Gonul Colak

doi:10.1080/20954816.2022.2090096

Foreign direct investment and economic policy uncertainty in China

Lidan Zhang, Gonul Colak^*

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Finance, Helsinki

University of Sussex

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Abstract

The trend of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China has switched from inflow to outflow following the rapid economic growth during the past several decades. Stimulated by government policies, in recent years China’s firms have actively sought overseas investment opportunities. This paper examines the relationship between economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and cross-border capital flow decisions for listed firms in China. Our findings demonstrate that EPU originating from China does not seem to dissuade FDI inflow into China, but it does curtail FDI outflow from the country. It appears that government policies and the uncertainty the policies bring are deterministic for FDI.

Original language	English
Peer-reviewed scientific journal	Economic and Political Studies
Volume	10
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	279-289
ISSN	2095-4816
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/20954816.2022.2090096
Publication status	Published - 01.09.2022
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article - refereed

Keywords

512 Business and Management
China
economic policy uncertainty (EPU)
Foreign direct investment (FDI)
political uncertainty

Areas of Strength and Areas of High Potential (AoS and AoHP)

AoS: Financial management, accounting, and governance

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