Are Foreign Investors Attracted to Weak Environmental Regulations? Evaluating the Evidence from China

Are Foreign Investors Attracted to Weak Environmental Regulations? Evaluating the Evidence from China

One of the most contentious debates today is whether pollution-intensive industries from rich countries relocate to poor countries with weaker environmental standards, turning them into pollution havens. Empirical studies to date show little evidence to support the pollution haven hypothesis, but su...

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Main Authors: Dean, Judith M., Lovely, Mary E., Wang, Hua
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ABATEMENT
ABATEMENT COSTS
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
ALTERNATIVE APPROACH
CENTRAL PLANNING
CITIES
CONSTRUCTION
CORRUPTION
COST MINIMIZATION
DATA SETS
DEMAND CURVE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC CENSUSES
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMICS
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
EMISSIONS
EMISSIONS STANDARDS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
EQUILIBRIUM
EXPORTS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
INCOME
INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION
INNOVATION
INTERMEDIATE GOODS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR COSTS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION
MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEGOTIATIONS
PARENTS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY RESEARCH
POLLUTION
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION FEES
POLLUTION TAX
POLLUTION TAXES
PRICE TAKERS
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
PROFIT MAXIMIZATION
QUALITY STANDARDS
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SUPPLIERS
TAX REVENUES
TAX SUBSIDIES
TAXATION
TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TIME SERIES
TOBACCO
TRANSPORTATION
TREATIES
VALUE OF OUTPUT
VARIABLE COSTS
VARIABLE INPUTS
VENEZUELA
WAGES
WASTE
WASTEWATER
WATER POLLUTION
WEIGHT
WORKERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5625015/foreign-investors-attracted-weak-environmental-regulations-evaluating-evidence-china
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8902

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5625015/foreign-investors-attracted-weak-environmental-regulations-evaluating-evidence-china
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8902

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