Globalization and the Environment: Determinants of Firm Self-Regulation in China

Petra Christmann and Glen Taylor
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Petra Christmann: University of Virginia
Glen Taylor: University of Hawaii at Manoa

Journal of International Business Studies, 2001, vol. 32, issue 3, 439-458

Abstract: Critics assert that globalization is detrimental to the environment because it encourages location of polluting industries in countries with low environmental regulations. We suggest that globalization might also have positive environmental effects because global ties increase self-regulation pressures on firms in low-regulation countries. Using survey data from firms in China we find that multinational ownership, multinational customers, and exports to developed countries increase self-regulation of environmental performance.© 2001 JIBS. Journal of International Business Studies (2001) 32, 439–458

Date: 2001
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