The purpose of this paper is to examine how political/authoritarian regionalism affects foreign direct investment (FDI) in sub-national states in South Korea.,This paper employs statistical analysis to examine the relationship between regionalism and FDI, along with historical description of regionalism in South Korea.,The analyses suggest that not only authoritarian regionalism influence foreign investment to the region but also political regionalism matters. Sub-national states with higher authoritarian regionalism receive less foreign investment while sub-national states with high political regionalism, which imply political stability, receive more FDI than others.,The paper examined how local politics influence foreign investments in South Korea, and suggests stronger decentralization will positively influence FDI in the future.

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区域主义重要吗？韩国的地方政治和外国直接投资

本文的目的是研究政治/威权主义的区域主义如何影响韩国次国家的外国直接投资（FDI）。本文采用统计分析方法研究了区域主义与外国直接投资之间的关系，以及对区域主义的历史描述。分析表明，不仅威权主义的区域主义影响外国对该地区的投资，而且政治上的区域主义也很重要。威权主义地区主义程度较高的地方国家获得的外国投资较少，而政治地区主义程度较高的地方国家则意味着政治稳定，比其他国家获得的外国直接投资要多。本文研究了当地政治如何影响韩国的外国投资，并提出了更强有力的建议。分权化将对未来的外国直接投资产生积极影响。