Moving to Greener Pastures? Multinationals and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis

Moving to Greener Pastures? Multinationals and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis

This paper presents evidence on whether multinationals are flocking to developing country 'pollution havens'. Although we find some evidence that foreign investors locate in sectors with high levels of air pollution, the evidence is weak at best. We then examine whether foreign firms pol...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eskeland, Gunnar A.
Corporate Author: National Bureau of Economic Research
Other Authors: Harrison, Ann E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2002.
Series:Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w8888.
Online Access:http://www.nber.org/papers/w8888
http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w8888