Chinese A-Share Listed Companies and Two-Way FDI Effects, 2011-2021

Yu Duan's dataset on figshare contains research data for a paper analyzing the effects of inward and outward foreign direct investment (FDI) on corporate total factor productivity. The data covers A-share Chinese listed companies from 2011 to 2021 and includes variables for robustness tests and moderating analyses. It was last updated on March 25, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between two-way FDI and corporate productivity based on the described research variables.
• Analyzing the moderating effects of environmental information disclosure quality on corporate performance.
• Investigating regional disparities in FDI effects by comparing companies in central/western regions to others.
• Comparing the impact of FDI between state-owned and non-state-owned listed companies.

Strengths

• Data covers an 11-year time range from 2011 to 2021.
• Includes variables for robustness tests and moderating analyses as described in the paper.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope.
• 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 reports and disclosures of A-share listed companies for academic research.

Time Range

2011-2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:33:36; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China, with specific focus on A-share listed companies and regional analysis of central/western regions.