Location choices of Chinese greenfield investments across EU regions: the role of industry and country-of-origin agglomerations

Yifei Wang, Andrea Ascani and Carolina Castaldi

Regional Studies, 2023, vol. 57, issue 9, 1714-1730

Abstract: The presence of Chinese multinational enterprises (MNEs) in Europe is on the rise, yet they concentrate in specific regions. Traditional spatial explanations of this clustering refer to the co-location of foreign and local firms in the same or related sectors (‘industry agglomeration’). Nonetheless, Chinese investors may also favour locations with a presence of Chinese firms and ethnic communities (‘country-of-origin agglomeration’). We investigate the combined role of both agglomeration typologies by using data on 1307 Chinese investments in 176 NUTS-2 regions during the period 2009–19. While both agglomerations matter in general, we find a substitution effect of country-of-origin agglomeration offsetting the benefits of industry agglomeration.

Date: 2023
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