Essays about: "pollution havens"

Found 4 essays containing the words pollution havens.

1. 1. The Effects of FDI on Renewable Energy Consumption

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Christopher Marton; Matilda Hagert; [2017]
   Keywords : FDI; middle-income countries; renewable energy; technology diffusion; pollution havens; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Today, the discussion regarding the environmental degradation is more active and pressing than ever. In Paris 2015, world leaders signed Agenda 2030, binding them to actively work to keep the global temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius. This agreement also targets the need for sustainable energy for all humans. READ MORE

3. 2. Taxonomisk indelning och bevarande av späckhuggaren

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

   Author : Isa Persson; [2017]
   Keywords : späckhuggare; orcinus orca; ekotyper; artindelning; bevarandebiologi; taxonomi;

   Abstract : Späckhuggaren är världens största delfin och en av havens toppredator. Trots att späckhuggaren uppvisar specialiseringar med avseende på social sammansättning, val av bytesdjur och ibland har morfologiska olikheter är den idag betraktad som en monotypisk art. READ MORE

4. 3. 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. 4. 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