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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 investigates whether membership in Regional Trade agreements (RTAs) with environmental provisions (EPs) affect relative and absolute levels of environmental quality and whether the inclusion of most comprehensive EPs is associated to higher environmental quality. In order to do so,...
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and water pollution or GHG emissions take the form of regulations that aim to change the behaviour of firms or households … pollution, with important implications for international trade in such equipment. The different indicators of regulatory … products and technologies, environmental policy can complement trade policy in supporting pollution-reduction efforts not just …
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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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reduce world carbon emissions. We analyze the effects of carbon tariffs on trade, welfare and carbon emissions in a multi … countries. Most remarkably, world carbon emissions increase by 0.49 percent in the investigated counterfactual scenario, with a …
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Based on panel data covering 114 countries in the world, this study investigates the direct, indirect and total effects … recurrently found to face increased pollution (in particular CO2 emissions) due to direct scale-composition effects of trade in … EGs, the EGs’ net exporters are more likely to see their local pollution to decrease, in particular thanks to income …
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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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This paper analyzes resource partnerships and their influence on the environmental quality in a resource-rich country by introducing incomplete contracts, imperfect property rights protection, and a lack of valuation for the environment by the government in the South. Employing numerical...
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pollution depends on its share of world capital. The authors show that, if the disutility of pollution in the United States is … (United States) and the South (China) in the presence of a global pollution externality. Each country's share of global … the increased pollution in China has global effects, the US may not benefit from the environmental restrictions and a …
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on its share of world capital. We show that, if the disutility of pollution in the United States is high, there will be …) and the South (China) in the presence of a global pollution externality. Each country's share of global pollution depends … pressure on the US to raise environmental regulations on industry. Capital will move to China. Because the increased pollution …
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