The environmental performance of firms: The role of foreign ownership, training, and experience

MA Cole, RJR Elliott, E Strobl - Ecological economics, 2008 - Elsevier
In this paper we extend the debate on the environmental implications of foreign direct
investment in developing countries by examining a new mechanism through which foreign …

In search of environmental spillovers

F Albornoz, MA Cole, RJR Elliott… - World Economy, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
There is an extensive literature that examines the relationship between foreign direct
investment (FDI) and the productivity and competitiveness of domestic firms. Using …

Do developing countries invest up? The environmental effects of foreign direct investment from less-developed countries

K Zeng, J Eastin - World Development, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper examines the environmental effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) from less-
developed countries (LDC). We hypothesize that rather than transferring poor home-country …

Good for the environment, good for business: Foreign acquisitions and energy intensity

A Brucal, B Javorcik, I Love - Journal of International Economics, 2019 - Elsevier
The link between foreign ownership and environmental performance remains a
controversial issue. This paper contributes to our understanding of this subject by analyzing …

Foreign direct investment and the environment

MA Cole, RJR Elliott, L Zhang - Annual Review of Environment …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
We review the literature that investigates the relationship between foreign direct investment
(FDI) and the environment. After reviewing the theoretical literature, we discuss two broad …

FDI and pollution havens: Evidence from the Norwegian manufacturing sector

AA Rezza - Ecological Economics, 2013 - Elsevier
This is an empirical study of the firm and country determinants of foreign direct investment
(FDI) and how it is affected by the stringency of environmental regulations in host countries …

Corporate environmental strategies in emerging economies

DH Earnhart, M Khanna… - Review of Environmental …, 2014 - journals.uchicago.edu
Many companies are adopting environmentally friendly management practices in developed
countries. However, the benefits of a corporate environmental strategy are less clear in …

Does going abroad lead to going green? Firm outward foreign direct investment and domestic environmental performance

W Long, L Luo, H Sun, Q Zhong - Business Strategy and the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines whether and how outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) affects firms'
domestic environmental performance. We use both the reverse knowledge transfer and …

Moving to greener pastures? Multinationals and the pollution haven hypothesis

GS Eskeland, AE Harrison - Journal of development economics, 2003 - Elsevier
This paper presents evidence on whether multinationals are flocking to developing country
“pollution havens”. Although we find some evidence that foreign investors locate in sectors …

The lesser of two evils: an empirical investigation of foreign direct investment-pollution tradeoff

MH Kim, N Adilov - Applied Economics, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This article investigates the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and
pollution measured by carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The results suggest that while lax …