Foreign direct investment and environmental taxes

German Economic Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-135

  De Santis, Roberto A ^a   Stähler, Frank ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Environmental taxes; Foreign direct investment; Multinational enterprises; Plant location

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GOVERNMENT; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; POLICY STRATEGY; POLLUTION TAX; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 59049101753     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: 14680475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2008.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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