Green spillovers of outward foreign direct investment on home countries: Evidence from China's province-level data

In recent years, there has been substantial outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) from China to other countries. Meanwhile, China has taken green development as one of its core future strategies. Questions arise as to whether the OFDI of China brings green spillovers towards home, and should the government encourage OFDI to further promote the domestic green economy? To answer these questions, this study examines empirically the reverse...