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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
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

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

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