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14. Study of Regional Efficiency in China: Perspectives of FDI and Green Development

Authors : Yang Li, Chao-Ling Guo, Xiaoying Guo, Yu-Hsuan Liao

Published in: Energy, Environment and Transitional Green Growth in China

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development argues that the full picture of sustainable development should consist of four dimensions: economic, environmental, social, and institutional. Since regions within a country should set up a similar institutional framework, this study analyzes China’s regional sustainable development from the perspectives of economic, environmental, and social dimensions. Based on the dataset obtained from China Statistics Yearbook and consisting of 30 regions of China for the period 2006–2009, the empirical results show that the optimal values for the origins of FDI are different in the various regions of China as well as optimal energy consumptions. Other findings note that: (1) the eastern region should only target FDI from non-overseas Chinese regions; (2) the middle region is the appropriate place to invest capital from overseas Chinese regions; and (3) China should diminish energy consumption countrywide, especially in the eastern and middle regions.

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Title: Study of Regional Efficiency in China: Perspectives of FDI and Green Development
Authors: Yang Li
Chao-Ling Guo
Xiaoying Guo
Yu-Hsuan Liao
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Book: Energy, Environment and Transitional Green Growth in China
Print ISBN: 978-981-10-7918-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-10-7919-1

Copyright Year: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7919-1_14