Chinese Listed Companies' Total Factor Productivity and Two-Way FDI, 2011-2021

A-share Chinese listed companies from 2011 to 2021 serve as research samples for analyzing the effects of inward and outward foreign direct investment on corporate total factor productivity. Yu Duan published the dataset on figshare, with a last update timestamp of 2026-03-25. The data includes variables for moderating factors like environmental information disclosure quality and technological innovation.

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 disparities in two-way FDI effects by comparing companies in central and western regions.
• Comparing the productivity impact of IFDI versus outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) for listed companies.
• Studying how the effects of two-way FDI differ between state-owned and non-state-owned listed companies.

Strengths

• Data covers an 11-year time range from 2011 to 2021.
• The description mentions a series of robustness tests were conducted on the baseline results.
• File size is 5.5 KB, indicating a focused and likely well-defined 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 reports and disclosures of A-share Chinese listed companies.

Time Range

2011 to 2021

Freshness

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

Geography

China, with specific focus on companies in central and western regions.