Foreign land acquisitions and environmental regulations: Does the pollution‐haven effect hold?

Environmental Regulations and Foreign Direct Investment Provincial Evidence from China

Do Lax Environmental Regulations Attract Foreign Investment ? by Yuqing Xing

There has been considerable controversy over the empirical significance of the theoretically predicted pollution haven hypothesis. Generally, empirical papers have failed to find an effect on industrial location of weaker or stricter environmental regulations. In this paper we find strong confirmation of theoretical predictions. We present a statistical test of the impact of environmental regul...

the effect of taftan pozzolan on the compressive strength of concrete in the environmental conditions of oman sea (chabahar port)

cement is an essential ingredient in the concrete buildings. for production of cement considerable amount of fossil fuel and electrical energy is consumed. on the other hand for generating one tone of portland cement, nearly one ton of carbon dioxide is released. it shows that 7 percent of the total released carbon dioxide in the world relates to the cement industry. considering ecological issu...

What Does the Future Hold?

ion—are actually the things that get reused a lot. As we pointed out in the PROGRAMMER’S APPRENTICE a long time ago, most programs Articles WINTER 2000 53 Dynamic Domain Architecture for Robust Systems

Environmental regulations and business decisions

Environmental regulations have greatly improved air and water quality, especially in areas that were dirtiest before regulation. Reducing airborne particulates is especially beneficial, saving thousands of lives and preventing millions of illnesses each year. The potential health benefits may be even greater in developing countries, where pollution levels are high. Proposed reductions in greenh...