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Förhållandet mellan FDI och CO2-tillväxt: Fallet för länder i Afrika söder om Sahara

Nordgren, Lovi LU and Axelsson, Emma LU (2018) NEKH03 20181
Department of Economics
Abstract
The aim of this study is to analyze the environmental impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Over the last decades, increasing levels of environmental degradation have been recorded and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a region that is particularly vulnerable to these climatic changes. It has been claimed that the environmental degradation, with rising levels of CO2 emission, is especially attributable to globalization where FDI have played an increasingly important role in the increase of economic activities. However, the environmental implications of FDI are not easily identified and there are contradictory views and arguments of its impact. In this study we examine the two well-known theories: The Pollution Halo... (More)
The aim of this study is to analyze the environmental impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Over the last decades, increasing levels of environmental degradation have been recorded and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a region that is particularly vulnerable to these climatic changes. It has been claimed that the environmental degradation, with rising levels of CO2 emission, is especially attributable to globalization where FDI have played an increasingly important role in the increase of economic activities. However, the environmental implications of FDI are not easily identified and there are contradictory views and arguments of its impact. In this study we examine the two well-known theories: The Pollution Halo Hypothesis and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis. The Pollution Halo Hypothesis claims that FDI from developed to developing countries is a positive contributor of more efficient and modern technology with positive spillover effects for the environment. On the contrary Pollution Haven Hypothesis claims that FDI has a negative effect on the environment since poorer countries, with weaker environmental regulations, are used for pollution-intensive industries. In this study, we use CO2 emission as an indicator of air pollution for the period 1980-2014 with panel data from 43 SSA countries to analyze the impact of FDI. Our result is that FDI does not have a significant effect on CO2 emissions in SSA. However, if we limit the research to the resource-rich countries in the region, FDI has significantly increased CO2 emission. (Less)
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author
Nordgren, Lovi LU and Axelsson, Emma LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKH03 20181
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Foreign Direct Investment, CO2 emission, Sub-Saharan Africa, Pollution Haven hypothesis, Pollution Halo hypothesis, Panel data analysis
language
Swedish
id
8946844
date added to LUP
2018-07-05 11:23:01
date last changed
2018-07-05 11:23:01
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this study is to analyze the environmental impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Over the last decades, increasing levels of environmental degradation have been recorded and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a region that is particularly vulnerable to these climatic changes. It has been claimed that the environmental degradation, with rising levels of CO2 emission, is especially attributable to globalization where FDI have played an increasingly important role in the increase of economic activities. However, the environmental implications of FDI are not easily identified and there are contradictory views and arguments of its impact. In this study we examine the two well-known theories: The Pollution Halo Hypothesis and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis. The Pollution Halo Hypothesis claims that FDI from developed to developing countries is a positive contributor of more efficient and modern technology with positive spillover effects for the environment. On the contrary Pollution Haven Hypothesis claims that FDI has a negative effect on the environment since poorer countries, with weaker environmental regulations, are used for pollution-intensive industries. In this study, we use CO2 emission as an indicator of air pollution for the period 1980-2014 with panel data from 43 SSA countries to analyze the impact of FDI. Our result is that FDI does not have a significant effect on CO2 emissions in SSA. However, if we limit the research to the resource-rich countries in the region, FDI has significantly increased CO2 emission.}},
  author       = {{Nordgren, Lovi and Axelsson, Emma}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Förhållandet mellan FDI och CO2-tillväxt: Fallet för länder i Afrika söder om Sahara}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}