This paper examines whether lax environmental policy and abundant natural resources both attract foreign direct investment (FDI). At first, their potential effects are discussed using arguments from the pollution haven hypothesis and the natural resource curse. Using cross-country Ordinary Least...

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...

The loss of international competitiveness of domestic industries remains a key obstacle to the implementation of effective carbon prices in a world without harmonized climate policies. We analyze countries' non-cooperative choices of emissions taxes under imperfect competition and mobile...

The loss of international competitiveness of domestic industries remains a key obstacle to the implementation of effective carbon prices in a world without harmonized climate policies. We analyze countries' non-cooperative choices of emissions taxes under imperfect competition and mobile...

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...