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This paper investigates if differences in environmental regulations can influence FDI flows in a multi-country setting taking into account the so-called "third-country" effects. We examine bilateral FDI flows using a new extended OECD investment database which covers great number of host...
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We test for pollution haven effects in outward foreign direct investment (FDI) for different sectors using a … country significantly attracts FDI. What is important for these pollution haven effects is not only regulation but also … enforcement of environmental policy. In contrast to earlier results, it is not only footloose industries that display pollution …
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We test for pollution haven effects in outward foreign direct investment (FDI) for different sectors using a … country significantly attracts FDI. What is important for these pollution haven effects is not only regulation but also … enforcement of environmental policy. In contrast to earlier results, it is not only footloose industries that display pollution …
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We test for pollution haven effects in outward foreign direct investment (FDI) for different sectors using a … country significantly attracts FDI. What is important for these pollution haven effects is not only regulation but also … enforcement of environmental policy. In contrast to earlier results, it is not only footloose industries that display pollution …
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This paper examines empirically whether countries with relatively more lax environmental regimes have a comparative advantage in their competition for foreign direct investment. It seeks to contribute to the literature in several important ways. First, we use a measure of environmental...
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of environmental policy stringency which links our analysis to the "Pollution Haven" hypothesis. We also briefly analyse …
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assesses the pollution haven hypothesis. Conflicting results exist in the case studies examining the most advanced countries …
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pollution haven hypothesis for 21 Indian states for the period 2002–2010. To test for the hypothesis, this study computes an …-level data. The methodology used is based on that proposed by Levinson (2001). The index compares actual pollution abatement … expected to induce foreign firms to invest. However, the results do not find any evidence of the pollution haven hypothesis in …
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This paper investigates if differences in environmental regulations can influence FDI flows in a multi-country setting taking into account the so-called third-country effects. We examine bilateral FDI flows using a new extended OECD investment database which covers great number of host countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014213326