Does foreign investment harm the air we breathe and the water we drink? A cross-national study of carbon dioxide emissions and organic water pollution in less-developed countries, 1975 to 2000

Organization and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-156

  Jorgenson, Andrew K ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide emissions; Environmental degradation; Foreign investment dependence; Globalization; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GLOBALIZATION; INVESTMENT; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 34249910372     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026607302153     Document Type: Article

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