Verzichten Regierungen auf Umweltschutzmaßnahmen, um die internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit ihrer Industrie nicht zu gefährden oder eine Abwanderung von Unternehmen zu verhindern? Oder forciert genau umgekehrt eine rigide Umweltschutzpolitik die Innovationsfähigkeit der Unternehmen und...

The unilateral introduction of an emissions price can induce firms to relocate to other countries with less stringent environmental regulation. However, firms may be able to reduce the emissions costs in their home country by investing into low-carbon technologies or equipment (abatement...

This paper estimates the effect of environmental regulation on industry location and compares it with other determinants of location such as agricultural, education and R&D country characteristics. The analysis is based on a general empirical trade model that captures the interaction between...

This paper tests whether differences across states in pollution regulation affect the location of manufacturing activity in the U.S. Plant-level data from the Census Bureau's Longitudinal Research Database is used to identify new plant births in each state over the 1963-1987 period. This is...

This paper estimates the effect of environmental regulation on industry location and compares it with other determinants of location such as agricultural, education and Ramp;D country characteristics. The analysis is based on a general empirical trade model that captures the interaction between...

This study examines how environmental stringency affects the location decision of foreign direct investments. We analyze a firm-level data set on German outbound FDI and innovate on previous studies by controlling for the mode of entry and applying the mixed-logit analysis. The results show that...

This paper tests whether differences across states in pollution regulation affect the location of manufacturing activity in the U.S. Plant-level data from the Census Bureau's Longitudinal Research Database is used to identify new plant births in each state over the 1963-1987 period. This is...