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1. 6. Is Investment Leakage for the Swedish FDI-flows Caused by the EU ETS? A study examining the connection between the EU Emission Trading System and Swedish foreign direct investment flows in the iron and steel sector

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Anna Hedenbergh; Alma Hemberg; [2018-07-06]
   Keywords : EU ETS; carbon leakage; difference-in-differences; emission-intensive industries; Foreign Direct Investments FDI ; investment leakage; operational leakage; permits; Pollution Haven Effect; Porter Hypothesis; relocation; Samhällsvetenskapligt miljövetarprogram;

   Abstract : In the recent decades, the subject of a shift of emission from regions with stringent regulation to developing countries has arisen. At the same time, regulated countries such as Sweden has experienced less industrial growth. READ MORE

3. 7. The impact of environmental policy stringency on FDI flows: Evidence from BRIICS-OECD flow panel dataset

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Sofia Sacks; [2018]
   Keywords : environmental policy stringency; pollution haven; FDI; fixed effects; location hypothesis; BRIICS; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : 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

4. 8. Environmental policy stringency and foreign direct investment : testing the pollution haven hypothesis with a new composite index

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Mia Lundh; [2017]
   Keywords : foreign direct investments; pollution havens; enviornmnetal policy; policy stringency; environmental regulation;

   Abstract : 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

5. 9. Environmental Regulations and Pollution Havens. An Empirical Study of the Most Polluting Industries.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Susanna Lindahl; [2016-10-03]
   Keywords : Comparative advantage; environmental endowment; environmental regulations; natural resources; pollution haven hypothesis; Porter hypothesis;

   Abstract : Environmental concerns in the last decades have given rise to environmental regulations, especially in high-income countries. The pollution haven hypothesis argues that differences in environmental regulations unintentionally give the least regulated countries a comparative advantage in the production of pollution intensive goods, turning them into pollution havens. READ MORE

6. 10. FDI and environmental pollution nexus in China

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Jiexi Yang; Yiran Wang; [2016]
   Keywords : Foreign direct investment; environmental pollution; causality; pollution haven hypothesis; pollution halo hypothesis; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Our paper studies the foreign direct investment (FDI)-pollution nexus based on China’s province level panel data from 2005 to 2014. The analysis focuses not only on a national panel (including all provinces), but also on three regional panels (provinces are divided by economic region. READ MORE