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Foreign Direct Investment and Environmental Taxes

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  • De Santis Roberto A.

    (European Central Bank,Frankfurt, Germany)

  • Stähler Frank

    (University of Otago, 362 Leith Street, North Dunedin,Dunedin, New Zealand)

Abstract

This paper studies the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on environmental policy stringency in a two-country model with trade costs, where FDI could be unilateral and bilateral and both governments address local pollution through environmental taxes. We show that FDI does not give rise to ecological dumping because the host country has an incentive to shift rents away from the source country toward the host country. Environmental policy strategies and welfare effects are studied under the assumption that parameter values support FDI to be profitable.

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  • De Santis Roberto A. & Stähler Frank, 2009. "Foreign Direct Investment and Environmental Taxes," German Economic Review, De Gruyter, vol. 10(1), pages 115-135, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:germec:v:10:y:2009:i:1:p:115-135
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2008.00444.x
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    JEL classification:

    • F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
    • Q20 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - General
    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • F18 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Environment

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