Data description & Do file "Regional Integration, Exchange Rate Volatility and Overseas Investment of Chinese Enterprises"

Accessing the restricted-use data:
We took the sample data form three main sources.

1. To sum up the greenfield investment project of each Chinese enterprise according to the destination country, the global greenfield investment data is collected from “FDI Markets”. Total 1350 observations are obtained from the database, which contains information on 123 countries. The dataset is an unbalanced panel for the years 2004 to 2015. In order to obtain data please access the below link to get the data, and audience will be able to access the data by purchasing according to their desired package.

URL: https://www.fdimarkets.com

2. We aggregated the data of nominal exchange rate and trade volume from World Bank, and the data of consumer price level from World Development Indicators (WDI) database. The target country's GDP, per capita GDP, and GDP growth rate in the control variables are also obtained from the World Development Indicators (WDI). In order to obtain data please access the below link.

URL: https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators

3. Data on control of corruption, regulatory quality, government effectiveness, and the rule of law are collected from the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) database of World Bank.

URL: http://info.worldbank.org/governance/WGI/

受限使用数据获取说明：
本数据集的样本数据主要来源于三个渠道：

1. 为按投资目的地国家汇总中国企业的绿地投资项目信息，本研究从FDI Markets数据库获取全球绿地投资数据。该数据库共收录1350条观测值，覆盖123个国家，数据集为2004年至2015年的非平衡面板数据。如需获取该数据，请访问以下链接，用户可根据自身需求选购对应数据套餐以获取使用权限。
URL：https://www.fdimarkets.com

2. 名义汇率与贸易总额数据来源于世界银行（World Bank），居民消费价格水平数据取自世界发展指标（World Development Indicators, WDI）数据库；控制变量中目标国的国内生产总值（GDP）、人均GDP及GDP增长率同样来源于WDI数据库。如需获取该类数据，请访问以下链接。
URL：https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators

3. 腐败控制、监管质量、政府效能及法治水平相关数据取自世界银行（World Bank）的全球治理指标（Worldwide Governance Indicators, WGI）数据库。
URL：http://info.worldbank.org/governance/WGI/