Foreign direct investment and the environment, the mitigating influence of institutional and civil society factors, and relationships between industrial pollution and human health: A panel study of less-developed countries

Organization and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-157

  Jorgenson, Andrew K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental sociology; Globalization; Mortality; Political economy; Pollution

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBALIZATION; MANUFACTURING; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 70349376787     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026609338163     Document Type: Article

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