Pollution halo or pollution haven: assessing the role of foreign direct investment on energy conservation and emission reduction

被引：41

作者：

Chen, Zuocheng ^{[1
]}

Paudel, Krishna P. ^{[2
,3
]}

Zheng, Rongqing ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Shihezi Univ, Coll Econ & Management, Shihezi, Peoples R China

[2] Louisiana State Univ LSU, Dept Agr Econ & Agribusiness, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA

[3] LSU Agr Ctr, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | 2022年 / 65卷 / 02期

关键词：

pollution haven hypothesis; energy conservation and emission reduction; energy efficiency; environmental efficiency; China; COUNTRIES; BOTTOM; RACE;

D O I：

10.1080/09640568.2021.1882965

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

This paper uses spatial econometric and the threshold effect models to study the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) in China's energy conservation and emissions reduction. We use provincial-level data on pollutants (CO2, wastewater emission, exhaust emission, and waste emission) available from 2001 to 2015. Results indicated that FDI not only promotes China's "energy conservation," but also improves China's CO2 emission efficiency and environmental efficiency. We find that export-oriented foreign companies can significantly improve China's energy efficiency and water quality. FDI enhances energy efficiency through eco-oriented technological progress and water quality, air quality through production-oriented technological progress. We also find that the impact of FDI on China's energy conservation and emission reduction has significant threshold effects. Our findings contradict the often believed "pollution haven hypothesis."

引用

页码：311 / 336

页数：26

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