Chinese Listed Companies' Productivity and Foreign Investment, 2011-2021

A-share Chinese listed companies from 2011 to 2021 are the research samples for this dataset. It supports an analysis of the effects of inward and outward foreign direct investment (FDI) on corporate total factor productivity (TFP). The data was published by Yu Duan on figshare under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling the moderating effect of technological innovation on the FDI-productivity relationship based on the described moderating analyses.
• Comparing the productivity impact of inward versus outward FDI for Chinese firms based on the baseline results mentioned.
• Analyzing regional disparities in FDI effects for companies in central and western China based on the described findings.
• Investigating how environmental information disclosure quality influences corporate productivity based on the moderating mechanisms discussed.

Strengths

• Data covers an 11-year time range from 2011 to 2021.
• Results are described as having undergone a series of robustness tests.
• File size is 5.5 KB, indicating a compact and focused dataset.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small (5.5 KB), indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Yu Duan.

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2011 to 2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:33:49; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China, with specific findings for central and western regions.