以2006年中国大陆244个地级及以上城市为样本,利用空间计量经济学方法对外商直接投资的区位决定进行实证研究。对全国城市分析的结果发现:除了劳动力素质、市场规模、基础设施以及集聚经济以外,空间相关性也是影响FDI区位分布的重要因素;一个城市吸引的FDI不仅取决于自身的区位条件,还与周边城市的FDI正相关;劳动力成本在区位决定中的影响不显著。进一步分地区的分析发现,FDI在东、中、西部城市的区位选择具有明显的差异。
Based on data of 244 Chinese cities in 2006, this paper studies the location selection of FDI in mainland China using spatial econometrical techniques. The empirical results reveal that the distribution of FDI shows significant spatial dependence. Chinese cities take advantage not only of local location factors but also of FDI flows received by their neighbors. Market scale, infrastructure and agglomeration are significant factors to attract FDI inflows, while the labor cost is not found to have statistically significant relationships with the level of FDI inflows across cities. More detailed study suggests location factors have significantly different effects in eastern, central and western cities.