Time to say goodbye? The impact of environmental regulation on foreign divestment

被引:3
作者
Mao, Haiou [1 ,2 ]
Goerg, Holger [2 ]
Fang, Guopei [3 ]
机构
[1] Huazhong Agr Univ, Coll Econ & Management, Wuhan, Peoples R China
[2] Kiel Inst World Econ, Kiel Ctr Globalizat, Kiel, Germany
[3] Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Econ, Wuhan, Peoples R China
来源
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS-REVUE CANADIENNE D ECONOMIQUE | 2024年 / 57卷 / 02期
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
DIRECT-INVESTMENT EVIDENCE; EXPORTS EVIDENCE; PLANT BIRTHS; POLLUTION; PROTECTION; TRADE; FDI; PRODUCTIVITY; PERFORMANCE; COMPETITION;
D O I
10.1111/caje.12706
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We look at divestments by foreign firms-a topic that has received comparatively little attention in the literature-and investigate how changes in the regulatory environment in the host country may impact on such divestment decisions. We use the implementation of China's two control zones (TCZ) policy as a "quasi-natural experiment," using detailed firm-level combined with city-level data for the empirical analysis. Our results show that the implementation of the TCZ policy has led to higher probabilities of divestments by foreign firms in cities and industries targeted by the TCZ policy. The mechanism behind this seems to be a TCZ-induced increase in discharge fees and efforts to reduce SO2 emissions. Allowing for heterogeneity of effects, we find that the effect is particularly strong for firms from source countries with less stringent environmental regulation and those using less advanced technology. We also show that firms using intermediates from polluting industries also experience a higher probability of divestment. C'est l'heure des adieux? L'effet de la reglementation environnementale sur le desinvestissement etranger. Nous nous penchons sur les desinvestissements des societes etrangeres - un sujet qui a recu relativement peu d'attention dans la litterature - et nous etudions les effets possibles des modifications du cadre reglementaire du pays hote sur les decisions en matiere de desinvestissement. Nous utilisons la mise en oe uvre de la politique de la Chine nommee Two Control Zones (TCZ) comme << experience quasi-naturelle >> en utilisant des donnees detaillees a l'echelon des societes et a l'echelon des villes pour mener l'analyse empirique. Nos resultats demontrent que l'entree en vigueur de la politique TCZ a augmente la probabilite de desinvestissements par les societes etrangeres dans les villes et les industries ciblees par la politique. Le mecanisme sous-jacent semble etre une hausse des redevances pour emission de SO2 et des efforts pour les reduire, resultant de la politique TCZ. En permettant l'heterogeneite des effets, nous constatons que l'effet est particulierement fort chez les societes de pays sources ayant des reglements environnementaux moins stricts et celles qui utilisent des technologies moins avancees. Nous demontrons en outre que les societes utilisant des intermediaires d'industries polluantes font egalement face a une probabilite superieure de desinvestissements.
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页码:502 / 527
页数:26
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