The effect of FDI on environmental emissions: Evidence from a meta-analysis

摘要: One important and frequently-raised issue about foreign direct investment (FDI) is the potentially negative consequences for environment. The potential environmental cost due to increased emissions may undermine economic gains associated with increases in FDI inflow. Although literature dominated this adverse view of on environment, there also a possibility that can contribute cleaner especially, if comes green technologies creates spillovers domestic industries. Theoretically, effect environment be or positive. To deal theoretical ambiguity nexus, many empirical studies have been conducted but their results only reinforce controversy as they produce contrasting results. We conduct meta-analysis using 65 primary 1006 elasticities. Our show underlying close zero, however, after accounting heterogeneity studies, we find significantly reduces emissions. Results remain robust disaggregating countries at different levels development well pollutants.