Variable type | Variable name | Variable abbreviation | Variable description | Data source |
Explanatory variables | Business environment level | SCORE | Comprehensive index of business environment | World Bank |
Dependent variable | FDI Quality Scale | FDI-Size | Direct investment inflow | World Bank |
FDI quality efficiency | FDI-Eff | Employment numbers in foreign-funded and joint venture enterprises | Government websites of various countries | |
Economic development level | AGDP | Per capita GDP constant price | World Bank | |
Control variable | Trade openness | INV | The proportion of trade volume to GDP | World Bank |
Government revenue | INC | The proportion of government revenue to GDP | World Bank | |
Employment situation | UER | Unemployment rate | World Bank |