The internationalisation of economies, which foreign direct investments significantly contribute to, affects the growth of regional and local economies. Their choice of location is the topic of frequent debates among scholars, politicians and regional/local authorities. Given the scarcity of...

We empirically investigate the factors that drive the uneven regional distribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to China’s 31 provinces from 1995 to 2006. The aim of this paper is to explain the investment patterns in (partly) foreign funded firms across these provinces. We...