Agglomeration effects in foreign direct investment and the pollution haven hypothesis

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 231-256

  Wagner, Ulrich J ^a   Timmins, Christopher D ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration effects; Congestion effects; Environmental regulation; Foreign direct investment; German manufacturing; Panel data; Pollution havens

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; MANUFACTURE; POLLUTION;

AGGLOMERATION EFFECTS; CONGESTION EFFECTS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS; GERMAN MANUFACTURING; PANEL DATA;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

AGGLOMERATION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ECONOMETRICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PANEL DATA; REGULATORY APPROACH;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 67349234134     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-008-9236-6     Document Type: Article

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