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The determinants of Chinese foreign direct investment in the European Union
Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) has been exacerbating fears in the European Union (EU) by being concentrated in strategically important...
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Key Factors of Foreign Direct Investment in the MERCOSUR of the European Union
This chapter focuses on identifying the factors/determinants that create interdependence between country characteristics and the attraction of FDI....
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Chinese Investment in Africa: Exploring Economic Growth Through Export Diversification
This study investigates the pivotal role of Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) in stimulating economic growth through export...
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China in the Middle East: Foreign Direct Investment, Economic Transformation, and Regional Development
This paper unpacks the uneven manners Chinese investment has taken shape in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It takes 2013 as the watershed...
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Protecting home: how firms’ investment plans affect the formation of bilateral investment treaties
It is commonly accepted that develo** countries pursue the creation of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) to attract foreign direct investment...
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Do corporate regulations deter or stimulate investment? The effect of the OECD anti-bribery convention on FDI
Countries prohibit firms’ transnational financial crime by coordinating their regulations under international organizations (IOs). Under these IOs,...
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Behind the screen: Understanding national support for a foreign investment screening mechanism in the European Union
What determines national preferences for institutionalizing foreign direct investment (FDI) screening? Over the past decade, advanced economies...
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A comparative analysis of the role of the state in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean investment in the EU
Chinese outward foreign direct investment (COFDI) in the European Union (EU) has recently attracted much attention. However, we cannot thoroughly...
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Between economic openness and strategic caution: Germany’s response to China’s investment
Leading Western economies face major dilemmas regarding China’s rise as different geopolitical considerations and economic interests inform how such...
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The influence of Chinese foreign policy think tanks on China’s EU policy: a comparative analysis of CIIS and SIIS
Pushed by structural transformations of geopolitics and world economy, China had to adjust its policy toward the European Union (EU) continuously...
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Exploitation or Investment of Africa’s Land Resources by the Chinese
The chapter seeks to discuss the thin line between the Africa–China relationship of exploitation or investment in African resources. The chapter...
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Assessing the pros and cons of the EU-China comprehensive agreement on investment: an introduction to the special issue
The announcement of the China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) at the end of December 2020 triggered an intense debate. The deal has...
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Investment agreements and the fragmentation of firms across countries
We examine the global ownership structure of firms in the context of the investment regime. Investment agreements extend valuable privileges to firms...
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Technology Transfer on the Belt and Road: Pathways for Structural Transformation in Ethiopia’s Standard Gauge Railways
In the surge of outward finance that coalesced into the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), this article examines how the intersection of Ethiopia’s...
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Economic impact of transportation infrastructure investment under the Belt and Road Initiative
China launched an ambitious strategy known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013 with an objective to promote regional economic growth and...
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China visits: a dataset of Chinese leaders’ foreign visits
Leader visits constitute an important signal in international relations. While studies of U.S. diplomacy can all use the same dataset from the Office...
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The socioeconomic geography of Chinese outward foreign direct investment in Latin America
This article examines the spatial pattern of Chinese outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) to Latin America and socioeconomic determinants that...
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Entry and Survival in the Export Market: Spillovers from Foreign and Outward-Looking Domestic Firms in Ethiopia
This paper examines spillovers from domestic-exporting and foreign-owned firms to the export entry and exit of local manufacturing firms in Ethiopia...
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Economic Interdependencies and Social Expenditures Revisited
Driving the third wave of globalisation, foreign direct investments (FDI) gained momentum since the mid-1980s. Given that FDIs are unevenly...
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Bureaucratic capacity and preference attainment in international economic negotiations
What determines states’ ability to influence the contents of international institutions? Extant scholarship on international economic negotiations...
