How bilateral foreign direct investment influences environmental convergence

Vignawou Lucien Ahouangbe and Camelia Romocea Turcu
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Vignawou Lucien Ahouangbe: LEO - Laboratoire d'Économie d'Orleans [2022-...] - UO - Université d'Orléans - UT - Université de Tours - UCA - Université Clermont Auvergne

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Abstract: Abstract This paper analyzes environmental convergence and its determinants. We construct our analysis in a bilateral setting and hypothesize that, through foreign direct investment (FDI), one or more investor countries could impact the environmental performance of their hosts, leading thus to a possible environmental convergence between home and host economies. To do this, we construct an original database on bilateral FDI encompassing 128 countries for the period 2000–2012. Our results suggest that, in general, FDI does not directly impact environmental convergence, except for the case of FDI originating from major investor countries. Under specific conditions, FDI can be expected to influence environmental convergence along with other variables such as GDP per capita, industrial development, geographical proximity, or cultural and historical ties. Overall, these effects may vary depending on the type of partnership considered (North–North, North–South, South–North, and South–South).

Date: 2023-11-06
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Published in The World Economy, 2023, ⟨10.1111/twec.13532⟩

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DOI: 10.1111/twec.13532

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