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Tax incentives and foreign direct investment in China

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  • Minchung Hsu
  • Junsang Lee
  • Roberto Leon-Gonzalez
  • and Yanqing Zhao

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The preferential tax policies for foreign direct investment (FDI) in China were terminated by a tax reform in 2008. This article uses the provincial-level panel data for 1998‒2008 before the reform in order to study whether the tax incentive had been a significant determinant of foreign investment decisions. We find that market size and geographic location had significant impacts on the FDI inflow into China but the tax incentive policies were not a sufficient determinant of FDI inflow into China over the periods studied, which provides a rationale for the termination of the tax incentives in FDI at 2008 reform in China.

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  • Minchung Hsu & Junsang Lee & Roberto Leon-Gonzalez & and Yanqing Zhao, 2019. "Tax incentives and foreign direct investment in China," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(9), pages 777-780, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:26:y:2019:i:9:p:777-780
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2018.1495817
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