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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
The Effect of Environmental Regulation on the Locational Choice of Japanese Foreign Direct Investment
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| Autores: |
Kirkpatrick, Colin
Shimamoto, Kenichi
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| Data: |
2006-08-07
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| Ano: |
2005
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| Palavras-chave: |
Environmental regulation
Foreign direct investment
Japanese multinationals
Environmental Economics and Policy
International Relations/Trade
Q56
F21
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| Resumo: |
This paper assesses the impact of environmental regulation in host countries on Japanese foreign direct investment (FDI) decision-making. It tests the pollution haven hypothesis using data on national environmental regulation standards and Japanese inward FDI in five dirty industries (iron and steel industry, non-ferrous metals industry, chemicals industry, paper and pulp industry, non-metallic products industry). The results do not support the pollution hypothesis. On the contrary, inward Japanese FDI appears to be attracted to countries which have committed themselves to a transparent and stable environment regulatory environment, suggesting that the quality of the regulatory framework in terms of its certainty and transparency has a greater influence on foreign investors' choice of location than the level of the environmental regulatory measures.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
23308
http://purl.umn.edu/30584
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
University of Manchester>Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) >Impact Assessment Research Centre (IARC) Working Papers
IARC Working Paper 10/2005
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| Formato: |
25
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