Racing to the Bottom? Foreign Investment and Air Pollution in Developing Countries

Racing to the Bottom? Foreign Investment and Air Pollution in Developing Countries

Critics of free trade have raised the specter of a "race to the bottom," in which environmental standards collapse because polluters threaten to relocate to "pollution havens" in the developing world. Proponents of this view adv...

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Main Author:	Wheeler, David
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AEROSOLS AIR AIR MONITORING AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS AIR QUALITY CAPITAL MARKETS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COMMUNITY ACTION COMMUNITY RIGHT TO KNOW COMPLIANCE COSTS DUST ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES EMISSIONS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FINE PARTICULATES IMPORTS INCOME INCOME LEVELS INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION INDUSTRIAL WATER INFLATION IRRIGATION IRRIGATION CHANNELS LAWS LOBBYISTS MANAGERS MARGINAL ABATEMENT MARGINAL ABATEMENT COSTS MARGINAL COST MEDIA MINING MORTALITY OIL OXIDES OXYGEN PARTICLES PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PARTICULATE POLLUTION PARTICULATES PM POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTERS POLLUTION ABATEMENT POLLUTION ABATEMENT EQUIPMENT POLLUTION CHARGE POLLUTION CONTROL POLLUTION CONTROL COSTS POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT POLLUTION INTENSITY POLLUTION LEVELS POLLUTION REDUCTION POLLUTION REGULATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCTION RESIDUALS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC SECTOR SULFATES SULFUR SULFUR DIOXIDE SULFURIC ACID SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAXATION TIN URBAN AIR POLLUTION WAGES WASTE WATER POLLUTION WELFARE EFFECTS WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/888058/racing-bottom-foreign-investment-air-pollution-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19732

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/888058/racing-bottom-foreign-investment-air-pollution-developing-countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19732

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