This paper attempts to examine the role of environmental governance on foreign direct investment by testing the pollution haven hypothesis for 21 Indian states for the period 2002–2010. To test for the hypothesis, this study computes an abatement expenditure index adjusted for industrial...

In developing countries, industries are often plagued with power shortages. In response, some firms make their own electric power but most of the others do not. Why do we observe such divergent behavior in the decision to self-generate? Previous literature focuses on factor demand and marginal...