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October 01 2016 Summary of the General Discussion on “Chinese Returnees and High-Tech Sector Outward FDI: The Case of Changzhou” Author and Article Information Online Issn: 1536-0083 Print Issn: 1535-3516 © 2016 by the Earth Institute at Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology2016Massachusetts Institute of Technology Asian Economic Papers (2016) 15 (3): 219–220. https://doi.org/10.1162/ASEP_a_00473 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Summary of the General Discussion on “Chinese Returnees and High-Tech Sector Outward FDI: The Case of Changzhou”. Asian Economic Papers 2016; 15 (3): 219–220. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/ASEP_a_00473 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAsian Economic Papers Search Advanced Search Fukunari Kimura noted that the sample was about 200 firms, which is unproblematic when ordinary least square estimations are used. It is more difficult in the fixed-effect estimations, however, because then only firms that switch from no FDI to FDI, or from FDI to no FDI, remain in the sample. It seems that there are relatively few of these firms, which might also explain part of the low explanatory power of the fixed-effect estimations. Iikka Korhonen discussed the economic significance of the results. He noted that such significance would be easier to interpret if the authors looked at other output variables such as productivity or market share. Many participants were surprised by the fast growth in the number of Chinese returnees. A discussion emerged on what the main cause could be. Some suggested an increased trend of job protection in western economies, whereas others thought it was mainly due to... You do not currently have access to this content.

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