Corporate social responsibility and the pollution haven hypothesis: Evidence from multinationals' investment decision in China

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-99

  Bu, Maoliang ^a,b   Liu, Zhibiao ^a,c   Wagner, Marcus ^d   Yu, Xiaohua ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Social Sciences   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; corporate social responsibility; environmental regulation; foreign direct investment; pollution haven hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874506335     PISSN: 16081625     EISSN: 21642257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16081625.2013.759175     Document Type: Article

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