Using complex networks and spatial econometric methods, we empirically test the extent to which a country’s influence and its position in an international investment network affect environmental quality as well as the country’s role in transboundary pollution transfer. The estimated results show that the ties connecting nodes together in an international investment network have significant impa...

This paper uses a monopolistic competitive framework with many sectors to study the impact of trade liberalization on local and global emissions. We focus on the interplay of the pollution haven effect and the home market effect and show how a large-market advantage can counterbalance a high emission tax, implying that trade liberalization leads to lower global emissions. Generally, our results...

Mass consumption of bottled water is contributing to a multitude of environmental problems, including water wastage, pollution, and climate change. The aim of this study is to advance a social-psychological understanding of how to effectively reduce bottled water consumption. An online survey experiment was conducted among students of a Dutch public university to explore outcome beliefs about d...

1 Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven CT 06520-8114, USA 2 Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven CT 06520-8103, USA 3 Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520–8005, USA 4 Department of Computer Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8285, USA 5 Center for N...

Economic theory suggests that liberalization of trade between countries with differing levels of environmental protection could lead pollution-intensive industry to concentrate in the nations where regulations are lax. This effect, often referred to as the “pollution haven” hypothesis, is much discussed in theory, but finds only ambiguous support in empirical research to date. Methodologies use...

Does foreign direct investment (FDI) migration into Nigeria and Sierra Leone generate a climate change scare (CCS) based on the pollution haven-halo hypothesis? The quasi-experimental design study utilized data from world development indicator, 1970-2019 using nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) model to estimate dynamic impact of FDI CO2 emissions (a proxy for CCS). found that in ...

Reflecting the emphasis of recent work in the field of trade and the environment, this review focuses on empirical issues, primarily econometric estimates of the pollution haven effect and simulation-based calculations of carbon leakage. A brief discussion of the theory explains why intuition from partial equilibrium models may not carry over to a general equilibrium setting. 397 A nn u. R ev ....

Motivations behind a country’s importation of waste are categorized into the pollution haven hypothesis (PHH) and resource hunting (RHH). The wastes can lead to environmental sustainability concerns, requiring governments intervene when market fails reduce negative externalities by strengthening implementing regulations. Motivated China’s position within rapidly growing but environmentally dama...