Are “dirty” industries looking for pollution havens? – an overview of selected studies

• Authors: Anetta Kuna-Marszałek

Title variants

Czy „brudne” przemysły poszukują rajów dla zanieczyszczeń? – przegląd wybranych badań

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper aims to present an overview of theoretical and empirical studies dedicated to “dirty” industries that migrate to pollution havens. It consists of three parts. The first one discusses the major determinants that trigger the migration of dirty industries. Next, attention is paid to the results of studies which reject the hypothesis about the existence of pollution havens. Part three addresses the ideas and concepts that validate this hypothesis and confirm that dirty industries move to countries with a more relaxed environmental regulatory regime. The paper finishes with a summary section presenting the main conclusions from the analysis.

PL

Celem artykułu jest dokonanie przeglądu badań teoretycznych i empirycznych odnoszących się do migracji „brudnych” gałęzi przemysłu do rajów dla zanieczyszczeń. Artykuł składa się z trzech części. W pierwszej przedstawiono główne determinanty przemieszczania się „brudnych” przemysłów. Następnie omówiono wyniki badań, które odrzucają hipotezę o istnieniu rajów dla zanieczyszczeń. W trzeciej części odniesiono się do tych koncepcji, które weryfikują jej prawdziwość i potwierdzają, że „brudne” przemysły przemieszczają się do krajów, w których przepisy prawne dotyczące ochrony środowiska nie są restrykcyjne. Artykuł kończy się podsumowaniem, w którym przedstawiono najważniejsze wnioski z przeprowadzonej analizy.

Keywords

EN

environment; environment pollution; pollution havens; “race to the bottom”; foreign direct investment

PL

środowisko przyrodnicze; zanieczyszczenie środowiska; raje dla zanieczyszczeń; „wyścig do dna”; zagraniczne inwestycje bezpośrednie; środowisko przyrodnicze; zanieczyszczenie środowiska; raje dla zanieczyszczeń; „wyścig do dna”; zagraniczne inwestycje bezpośrednie

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Ekonomia Międzynarodowa
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 28
• Pages: 241-255

Dates

published

2020-01-15

Contributors

author

Anetta Kuna-Marszałek

• University of Lodz, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Institute of Economics, Department of International Trade

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18778/2082-4440.28.02