China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment in CEE Countries--Based on Gravity Analysis

• Název práce v češtině: Čínské přímé zahraniční investice do zemí střední a východní Evropy - analýza pomocí gravitačního modelu
• Název v anglickém jazyce: China’s Outward Foreign Direct Investment in CEE Countries--Based on Gravity Analysis
• Klíčová slova: OFDI, Čína, země střední a východní Evropy, gravitační model, efektivita
• Klíčová slova anglicky: OFDI, China, CEE Countries, Gravity Model, Efficiency
• Akademický rok vypsání: 2021/2022
• Typ práce: diplomová práce
• Jazyk práce: angličtina
• Ústav: Katedra ruských a východoevropských studií (23-KRVS)
• Vedoucí / školitel: Mgr. Michal Paulus
• Řešitel: skrytý - zadáno vedoucím/školitelem
• Datum přihlášení: 26.10.2022
• Datum zadání: 26.10.2022
• Datum a čas obhajoby: 18.09.2023 09:30
• Místo konání obhajoby: Areál Jinonice, C423, 423, Jednací místnost IMS
• Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: 01.08.2023
• Datum proběhlé obhajoby: 18.09.2023
• Oponenti: Dr. Yating Li

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Předběžná náplň práce

V posledním desetiletí se hospodářská a obchodní spolupráce mezi Čínou a zeměmi střední a východní Evropy rozvíjela vysokým tempem. V roce 2022 se Čína stala významným obchodním partnerem většiny zemí střední a východní Evropy, pokud jde o pořadí a podíl na celkovém objemu obchodu. Problémy, jako jsou obchodní přebytky a hospodářský pokles v postpandemické éře, však způsobily, že budoucí spolupráce mezi Čínou a zeměmi SVE čelí mnoha novým výzvám.

Na základě panelových údajů o Číně a 16 vybraných zemích regionu střední a východní Evropy v letech 2012 až 2021 provádí tento článek empirické analýzy a využívá rozšířený gravitační model, aby zjistil faktory ovlivňující čínské OFDI vůči zemím střední a východní Evropy. Kromě toho tento článek také vypočítává efektivnost čínských OFDI na základě stochastického hraničního gravitačního modelu a nakonec uvádí návrhy do budoucna.

Předběžná náplň práce v anglickém jazyce

Over the past decade, economic and trade co-operation between China and Central and Eastern European countries has developed at a high rate. In the year of 2022, China has developed into an important trading partner with most CEE countries in terms of the ranking and share of total trade volume. However, problems such as trade surpluses and economic downturns in the post-pandemic era have made future cooperation between China and CEE countries facing a lot of new challenges.

Based on the panel data of China and 16 selected countries in Central and Eastern European region from 2012 to 2021, this paper conducts empirical analyses and uses the extended gravity model to figure out the influencing factors of China’s OFDI towards CEE countries. In addition, this paper also calculates the efficiency of China’s OFDI based on Stochastic Frontier Gravity Model and finally give suggestions for the future.