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1. The impact of environmental policy stringency on FDI flows: Evidence from BRIICS-OECD flow panel dataset
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : The Paris Agreement has increased interest in environmental policy research, which has alerted that companies will relocate their investment to countries with less stringent environmental standards. This pollution haven effect, although theoretically analyzed, has wide-ranging empirical results which are highly dependent on the selected case and proxy for environmental policy stringency. READ MORE
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2. Environmental policy stringency and foreign direct investment : testing the pollution haven hypothesis with a new composite index
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : Environmental concerns and increasing stringency levels of environmental regulations, especially in developed countries, has given rise to the debate concerning pollution havens. The pollution haven hypothesis argues that differences in environmental policy stringency will give economic incentives to firms and industries to move their production to countries with more lenient environmental regulations. READ MORE