Abstract
This paper investigates the role of investment experience in Chinese outward direct investment based on deal-level data from FDI Intelligence and Dealogic data. We use gravity model to test the Chinese firm’s risk attitude and how this attitude is adjusted by firm’s previous investment experience and Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT). The results show that, first, investment experience has a stimulating effect on s (next) investment scale. This stimulating effect is positively correlated with the concreteness of the investment experience; Second, China’s ODI still has an appetite. Firms tend to investing in countries of high corruption risk, government efficiency risk, political stability risk, regulation quality risk and rule of law risk, but not voice and accountability risk; Third, previous investment experience has a moderating effect on risk preference. That is to say, firms with richer experience tend to be more risk averse; Finally, the existence of investing partner does have a positive moderating effect on firms’ risk preference making firms more risk averse, while the BIT has a stronger but negative moderating effect on risk preference, making firms more aggressive, especially for resource industry. It is inferred that BIT provides a solid safety net for Chinese resource companies since they’re mostly state-owned and have keen relationship with Chinese government.
Highlights
1.1 China’s Outward Direct InvestmentForeign direct investment (FDI) constitutes an important part in international business
In 2018, the global foreign direct investment has declined 13% to $1.3 trillion and it is the second time that FDI from developing countries surpasses that from developed countries. This is mainly due to large repatriations of accumulated foreign earnings by United States multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the first two quarters of 2018, following tax reforms introduced at the end of 2017 (World Investment Report, 2019)
China's ODI stock in 2017 ranked 2nd compared to 6th in previous year according to 2018 Statistical Bulletin of China's Outward Foreign Direct Investment
Summary
1.1 China’s Outward Direct InvestmentForeign direct investment (FDI) constitutes an important part in international business. In 2018, the global foreign direct investment has declined 13% to $1.3 trillion and it is the second time that FDI from developing countries surpasses that from developed countries (the first time occurred in 2014). This is mainly due to large repatriations of accumulated foreign earnings by United States multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the first two quarters of 2018, following tax reforms introduced at the end of 2017 (World Investment Report, 2019). China's ODI stock in 2017 ranked 2nd compared to 6th in previous year according to 2018 Statistical Bulletin of China's Outward Foreign Direct Investment (hereafter “the Bulletin”). Given the volume and high speed of growth, China’s oversea asset security becomes a severe task
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