Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Background 1.2 Significance 1.3 Definition of Related Concepts and Research Questions 1.3.1 Definition of Related Concepts 1.3.2 Research Questions 1.4 Conceptual Framework，Research Methods，and Data 1.4.1 Conceptual Framework 1.4.2 Research Methods 1.4.3 Data 1.5 Innovations and Limitations 1.5.1 Potential Innovation Points 1.5.2 Limitations 1.6 Structure of the Book Chapter 2 Literature Review and the Theoretical Basis 2.1 Literature on OFDI 2.1.1 The Theoretical Studies on OFDI 2.1.2 Empirical Studies on OFDI 2.1.3 Studies on OFDI in Infrastructure 2.1.4 Studies on OFDI Efficiency 2.2 Literature on OFDI Risk 2.2.1 Identification of Risk Types 2.2.2 Risk Measurement 2.2.3 Studies on Economic Risk 2.3 The Theoretical Basis 2.3.1 Economic Risk Affects the Scale of OFDII Through Transaction Cost and the Agglomeration Effect 2.3.2 Economic Risk Affects the Efficiency of OFDI Through the Re-source Allocation and the Scale of OFDII 2.4 Summary Chapter 3 The Evolution and Main Features of China』s OFDI in Infrastructure and Economic Risk 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Evolution and Main Features of China's OFDI 3.2.1 The Dynamic Changes in China's OFDI 3.2.2 China's OFDI in a Global Perspective 3.2.3 The Main Characteristics of China's OFDI 3.3 The Evolution of China's OFDI in Infrastructure 3.3.1 Overall Evolution in China's OFDII 3.3.2 The Main Characteristics of China's OFDⅡ 3.4 The Evolution of Economic Risk 3.4.1 The Evolution of China's Economic Risk 3.4.2 The Evolution of Economic Risk of the Host Countries 3.5 Summary Chapter 4 The Effects of the Belt and Road Initiative on the Scale of China's OFDI in Infrastructure 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Theoretical Mechanism 4.3 Methodology 4.3.1 The DID Model 4.3.2 Variables 4.3.3 Data Sources 4.4 Empirical Results and Discussion 4.4.1 Basic Regression Results
4.4.2 Validity Analysis of DID Estimation 4.4.3 Heterogeneity Analysis Based on the Infrastructure Industry 4.4.4 Mechanism Analysis 4.5 Summary Chapter 5 The Impacts of Economic Risk on the Scale of China』sOFDI in Infrastructure 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Theoretical Mechanism 5.2.1 The Mechanism of the Host Country's Economic Risk Affecting OFDⅡ 5.2.2 The Mechanism of the Home Country's Economic Risk Affecting OFDⅡ 5.3 Methodology 5.3.1 Theoretical Basis of Spatial Effect 5.3.2 Spatial Autocorrelation Index 5.3.3 Construction of the Spatial Econometric Model 5.3.4 Variables and Data Sources 5.4 Empirical Results and Discussion 5.4.1 The Test for Spatial Dependence Effect of China's OFDI in In-frastructure 5.4.2 Basic Regression Results for Economic Risk and China's OFDI in Infrastructure 5.4.3 Heterogeneity Analysis of Economic Risk and China's OFDI in Infrastructure 5.4.4 Regression Analysis of the Role of the Belt and Road Initiative 5.4.5 Mechanism Analysis 5.4.6 Robustness Test 5.5 Summary Chapter 6 The Effects of Economic Risk on the Efficiency of China's OFDI in Infrastructure 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Theoretical Mechanism 6.3 Model，Variables and Data 6.3.1 Stochastic Frontier Investment Gravity Model 6.3.2 Variables and Data 6.4 Empirical Results and Discussion 6.4.1 Regression Results for OFDII Frontier 6.4.2 Regression Results for Economic Risk and OFDII Efficiency 6.4.3 Regression Analysis of the Role of the Belt and Road Initiative 6.4.4 Robustness Test 6.5 Measurement of China's OFDII Efficiency 6.5.1 The OFDII Efficiency in Countries Along the Belt and Road 6.5.2 The OFDII Efficiency in Countries with Different Income Levels 6.5.3 The OFDII Efficiency in Countries with Different Continents 6.6 Summary Chapter 7 Conclusions and Policy Implications 7.1 Conclusions 7.2 Policy Implications References Appendix 1 Appendix 2
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