Ecological dumping and environmental capital flight: The economics behind the propaganda

Michael Kuhn and Thusnelda Tivig

No 324, Discussion Papers, Series II from University of Konstanz, Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 178 "Internationalization of the Economy"

Abstract: In this paper we analyze the connection between ecological dumping and environmental capital flight which in the literature is presented in three versions: capital flees in order to ecologically dump, firms flee and thus ecologically dump, and capital flees because governments ecologically dump. We find that 'ecological dumping' describes an ill posed problem: it has little to do with dumping and need not have any impact on the environment. Looking at the existing literature we find that although 'capital flight' is a misnomer, too, there are real problems dealt with under this heading. Nevertheless, because of their emotive and misleading undertone, we should better give up both notions.

Keywords: Dumping; Capital Flight; Delocation; Environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F21 H73 Q28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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