Chinese A-Share Company Data on FDI and Productivity, 2011-2021

2011-2021 data on Chinese A-share listed companies, used to study the effects of inward and outward foreign direct investment on corporate total factor productivity. The dataset includes moderating factors like environmental information disclosure quality and technological innovation. It was created by Yu Duan and published on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between inward foreign direct investment (IFDI) and corporate total factor productivity (TFP).
• Analyzing the moderating effect of corporate environmental information disclosure quality on the FDI-TFP relationship.
• Investigating regional heterogeneity in FDI effects by comparing companies in central/western vs. eastern regions.
• Comparing the impact of FDI on state-owned versus non-state-owned listed companies.
• Assessing differences in FDI effects between heavily polluting and non-heavily polluting companies.

Strengths

• Data covers an 11-year time range from 2011 to 2021.
• The description indicates results were validated with a series of robustness tests.
• File is available in XLS format, a widely accessible tabular format.

Limitations

• Dataset is very small at 9.5 KB, indicating limited scope or a highly aggregated summary.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Yu Duan via figshare.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from financial disclosures and reports of Chinese A-share listed companies.

Time Range

2011-2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:33:47; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China (A-share listed companies)