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Foreign investment, international trade and environmental sustainability : exploring ecological footprints in 37 African countries
Iheonu, Chimere Okechukwu; Emeka, Ekene; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2022
This study complements existing literature by examining the short-run heterogeneous and longrun homogeneous impacts of foreign direct investment (FDI) and international trade on ecological footprints in 37 African countries for the period 1990 to 2019. Utilizing the pooled mean group estimator,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013389150
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Foreign investment, international trade and environmental sustainability : exploring ecological footprints in 37 African countries
Iheonu, Chimere Okechukwu; Emeka, Ekene; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2023
This study complements existing literature by examining the short-run heterogeneous and longrun homogeneous impacts of foreign direct investment (FDI) and international trade on ecological footprints in 37 African countries for the period 1990 to 2019. Utilizing the pooled mean group estimator,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014339611
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Factors affecting carbon dioxide emissions embodied in trade
Kang, Jong Woo; Gapay, Joshua Anthony - 2023
Trade encourages economic expansion and improves welfare based on international division of labor. However, trade also has an environmental footprint, particularly in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other emissions. This paper examines the impact of environmental regulation in exporter and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014390373
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Parcelling virtual carbon in the pollution haven hypothesis
López, Luís Antonio; Arce, Guadalupe; Zafrilla, Jorge … - In: Energy economics 39 (2013), pp. 177-186
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010234967
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Green havens and pollution havens
Poelhekke, Steven; Ploeg, Frederick van der - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009570741
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Unravelling the worldwide pollution haven effect
Grether, Jean-Marie; Mathys, Nicole A.; De Melo, Jaime - 2011
This paper tackles the "pollution haven" argument by estimating the pollution content of imports (PCI). The PCI is then …) a factor endowment component and (iii) a "pollution haven" component reflecting the impact of differences in … ISIC 4-digit sectors. Decompositions based on cross-section econometric estimates suggest a significant pollution haven …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009376075
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Green Havens and Pollution Havens
Poelhekke, Steven - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098742
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Green Havens and Pollution Havens
Poelhekke, Steven; van der Ploeg, Rick - 2021
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315905
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Does lax environmental regulation attract FDI when accounting for "third-country" effects?
Kukenova, Madina; Monteiro, José-Antonio - 2008 - This draft: August 2008
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011976844
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Unravelling the Worldwide Pollution Haven Effect
Grether, Jean-Marie; Mathys, Nicole A.; de Melo, Jaime - 2011
This paper tackles the 'pollution haven' argument by estimating the pollution content of imports (PCI). The PCI is then … endowment component and a 'pollution haven' component reflecting the impact of differences in environmental policies. The …. Decompositions based on cross-section econometric estimates suggest a significant pollution haven effect which increases the PCI of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014175492