Environmental regulation and French firms location abroad: An economic geography model in an international comparative study

Ecological Economics

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-61

  Ben Kheder, Sonia ^a   Zugravu, Natalia ^b  

^a High Institute of Management of Tunis   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Economic geography; Environmental regulation; Pollution havens

Indexed keywords

COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON;

EUROPE;

EID: 84860302520     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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