Governing offshoring in a stringent environmental policy setting: Evidence from Italian manufacturing firms

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 155, Issue , 2017, Pages 103-113

  Antonietti, Roberto ^a   De Marchi, Valentina ^a   Di Maria, Eleonora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental innovation; Environmental policy stringency; Foreign direct investment; International outsourcing; Pollution haven hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INVESTMENTS; MANUFACTURE; OUTSOURCING; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS; FOREIGN SUPPLIERS; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; POLLUTION HAVEN HYPOTHESIS; REGULATORY STRINGENCY;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

EID: 85007236258     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.11.106     Document Type: Article

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