Foreign direct investment, institutional development, and environmental externalities: Evidence from China

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 81-90

  Wang, Danny T ^a   Chen, Wendy Y ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Environmental externalities; Foreign direct investment; Industrial sulfur dioxide emission; Institutional development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CHINA; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS; HOST COUNTRIES; INDUSTRIAL SULPHUR DIOXIDE EMISSION; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PANEL DATA; SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS;

INVESTMENTS;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

DATA SET; ECONOMIC PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSENSUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIELD EMISSION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HONG KONG; INVESTMENT; MACAO; TAIWAN; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

CHINA;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENT; HONG KONG; INTERNATIONALITY; INVESTMENTS; MACAU; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84893821312     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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