Analysis on the Spatial Distribution and Evolution of FDI in Mainland China

Author

Xian-wen, WANG ; Zhao-hua, JIANG

Author_Institution

Dalian Univ. of Technol., Dalian

fYear

2007

fDate

20-22 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

1271

Lastpage

1276

Abstract

There are certain rules about the spatial distribution of foreign direct investment FDI, among them region agglomeration is the main characteristic. Based on the theory of spatial econometrics, present paper uses GIS software to research the spatial distribution of FDI. Moran´s I statistics, spatial Gini indices, and global Theil indices of 31 provincial areas in mainland China, are calculated. Then, an exploratory spatial data analysis is conducted to analysis the evolution process from the spatial aspect in order to diagnose and estimate the spatial difference and dynamic disequilibrium by building spatial econometrics model of FDI in mainland China. The results reveal that GDP and cumulated FDI are very important to attract FDI, and LISA cluster map provides an easy way to recognize the core of clusters.

Keywords

data analysis; economic indicators; geographic information systems; investment; statistical distributions; GDP; GIS software; LISA cluster map; Moran´s I statistics; dynamic disequilibrium; evolution process; foreign direct investment; global Theil indices; mainland China; region agglomeration; spatial Gini indices; spatial data analysis; spatial difference; spatial distribution; spatial econometrics model; Conference management; Data analysis; Econometrics; Engineering management; Fault detection; Geographic Information Systems; Investments; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions; Technology management; FDI; GIS; exploratory spatial data analysis; spatial error model;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management Science and Engineering, 2007. ICMSE 2007. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Harbin

Print_ISBN

978-7-88358-080-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-7-88358-080-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMSE.2007.4422020

Filename

4422020