The Comparative Analysis Of FDI Spillovers Between The Pearl River Delta And The Yangtze River Delta

Many countries have tried their best to make lots of policies to attract FDI in the purpose of getting FDI technology spillovers. The Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta have attracted lots of foreign investment through their policy of attracting foreign company and their location superiorty.This thesis can be clarified from two parts:theoretical and empirical. From the theoretical part,.we give the FDI technology spillover a clear definition at first.Then we begin to analyze some important channels of FDI technology spillover and important factors which influence FDI technology to spillover.Besides,we also systematicly summarize domestic and foreign literatures which have a deep insight of FDI technology spillover.Taking a look at the empirical part, this thesis uses Malmquist index based on DEA to measure TFP,EC and TP of the company in the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta at first.Then,this thesis uses eviews to test for FDI technology spillover to the company in the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta. For the Pearl River Delta,we find positive productivity spillovers from FDI taking place through backward and horizontal linkages.For the Yangtze River Delta, we find positive productivity spillovers from FDI taking place through forward and horizontal linkages.