Do recipient country characteristics affect international spillovers of CO 2-efficiency via trade and foreign direct investment?

Climatic Change

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 469-491

  Perkins, Richard ^a   Neumayer, Eric ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CROSS-BORDER; EDUCATED WORKFORCE; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS; HUMAN CAPITALS; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE;

EFFICIENCY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; IMPORT; INNOVATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

EID: 84859218120     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0204-8     Document Type: Article

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