Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Sharif, Naubahar
Author-Email: sosn@ust.hk
Author-Workplace-Name: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Author-Name: Huang, Can
Author-Email: huang@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT
Title: Cross-border Investment and Economic Integration: The Case of Guangdong Province 
	 and Hong Kong SAR
Abstract: In this paper, we undertake a comparative study of the performance of 
	 local and foreign competitors’ manufacturing firms in a FDI-recipient 
	 region—Guangdong Province, China—and analyzes the policy implications of 
	 the comparison for the advanced, FDI-outflow region—Hong Kong Special 
	 Administrative Region (HKSAR). By highlighting changes in productivity 
	 that vary with changes in manufacturing firm ownership, we reveal that 
	 domestic firms have been catching up with their foreign counterparts, 
	 including Hong Kong-based firms, though foreign firms have successfully 
	 strengthened their dominating position in Guangdong’s manufacturing 
	 industry.
Classification-JEL: D24, L60, O47 
Keywords: Total Factor Productivity, Manufacturing Sectors, Asia, China,
	 Guangdong, Hong Kong
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2008
Number: 2008-035
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2008/wp2008-035.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2008035