RETRACTED ARTICLE: Why did they get in trouble? The influence of firm characteristics and institutional distance in the case of Chinese outward foreign direct investment

Statement of Retraction We, the Editor and Publisher of China Economic Journal, have retracted the following article: Abdelkader Derbali & Ali Lamouchi, “Why did they get in trouble? The influence of firm characteristics and institutional distance in the case of Chinese outward foreign direct investment,” China Economic Journal, 10.1080/17538963.2020.1715581 Since publication, it has been brought to our attention that this article has substantial overlap, with the article(s) listed below: Chapter 1 of A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Cornell University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy: Shuo Zhang, THREE PAPERS ON INSTITUTION, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION OF CHINESE FIRMS, 2016-08-22. As this represents a serious breach of publishing ethics and of warranties made by the author with respect to originality and provenance, we are retracting the article from the journal. The authors have been informed. We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.