Does Chinese investment contribute to the U.S. economy? An analysis of selected U.S. states’ growth, employment and exports

Autores

  • Syed Hasanat Shah Jilin University
  • Jun Jian Li Jilin University
  • Hafsa Hasnat Hua Qiao University, Changchun

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This paper analyzed the impact and causal relation of outbound Chinese FDI on growth, employment and export performance of 16 selected US States by using Panel data. The contemporaneous panel fixed estimation results shows that the impact of Chinese outbound FDI on the economic growth, employment and export of selected states are insignificant. But the impact of FDI on growth turns positive and significant when interacted with States export to China. Applying heterogeneous panel causality approach on a refined dynamic panel model indicates that Chinese FDI does not cause GDP, exports and employment while the results of reverse causality confirm that US State GDP (market size) cause the inflow of Chinese outbound FDI. The overall impact of Chinese outbound investment, a small portion of the total FDI inflow to the US, varies from conditionally positive to utterly insignificant without any adverse impact on the local economy.

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Biografia do Autor

Syed Hasanat Shah, Jilin University

Jun Jian Li, Jilin University

Hafsa Hasnat, Hua Qiao University, Changchun

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Publicado

2015-05-29