What Explains the Greening of China's Energy ODI? The Role of Environmental Regulation, Endowments and Financial Factors
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Keywords
direct investment; fossil fuels; renewable energy; environmental regulation; monetary policy; exchange rate volatility;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
- F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
- Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CNA-2025-04-28 (China)
- NEP-ENE-2025-04-28 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-ENV-2025-04-28 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-FDG-2025-04-28 (Financial Development and Growth)
- NEP-PPM-2025-04-28 (Project, Program and Portfolio Management)
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