The Pollution Haven Hypothesis: A Geographic Economy Model in a Comparative Study

Sonia Ben Kheder and Natalia Zugravu-Soilita

No 44223, Climate Change Modelling and Policy Working Papers from Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)

Abstract: Although based on theoretical foundations, the pollution haven hypothesis has never been clearly proven empirically. In this study, we re-examine this hypothesis by a fresh take on both its theoretical and empirical aspects. While applying a geographic economy model on French firm-level data, we confirm the hypothesis for the global sample. Through sensitivity analysis, we validate it for Central and Eastern European countries, emerging and high-income OECD countries, but not for the major part of the Commonwealth of Independent States countries. Finally, we show that the pollution haven hypothesis is confirmed in the strongest manner for emerging economies.

Keywords: Environmental; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33
Date: 2008-09
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Working Paper: The Pollution Haven Hypothesis: A Geographic Economy Model in a Comparative Study (2008)
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Working Paper: The pollution haven hypothesis: a geographic economy model in a comparative study (2008)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.44223

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