This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the effects that foreign direct investment into China has had on the productivity, exporting activity, and innovation of Chinese domestic firms, as well as on the nation's labor markets. The analysis relies on the most complete data available and state-of-the-art statistical analysis. The book also includes a critical overview of existing theoretical and empirical literature on these issues and is meant to provide guidance to researchers in the area of FDI effects in general, as well as those interested in studying the Chinese economy.

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Background and Literature; Direct Effects of FDI on Target Firms; Spillover Effects of FDI on Domestic Firms' Productivity; Effects of FDI on Local Labor Markets for Skilled and Unskilled Workers; Effects of FDI on Innovation and Imitation by Domestic Firms; Effects of FDI on Export Activities of Domestic Firms.