Foreign direct investment, governance, and the environment in China : regional dimensions /

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Author / Creator:	Zhang, Jing, 1981- author.
Imprint:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Description:	xvii, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Nottingham China policy institute series Nottingham China Policy Institute series.
Subject:	Investments, Foreign -- China. Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- China. Environmental policy -- China. Ecology. Economic development -- Environmental aspects. Environmental policy. Investments, Foreign. China -- Environmental conditions. China.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9896645

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ISBN:	9780230354159 (hardcover) 0230354157 (hardcover)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Structure of the book
Part I. The Effects of Growth and FDI on the Environment in China
2. Economic Growth, FDI, and the Environment in China
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Patterns of economic growth in China
2.3. Trends and patterns of FDI in China
2.4. Unbalanced distribution of FDI in China
2.4.1. Main sources of FDI
2.4.2. Forms of FDI
2.4.3. Geographical distribution
2.4.4. Sectoral distribution of FDI
2.5. Conclusions
3. Environmental Quality in China
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Overview of the natural environment in China
3.3. Water pollution
3.4. Air pollution
3.5. Solid waste pollution
3.6. Costs of pollution
3.7. Conclusions
4. Literature Review on EKC and the Effects of FDI on the Environment
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Economic growth and the environment
4.2.1. Theoretical principles
4.2.2. Empirical studies
4.2.3. Critiques of the EKC
4.3. Effects of FDI on the environment
4.3.1. Theoretical analysis
4.3.2. Empirical studies
4.3.3. Empirical studies related to China
4.4. Conclusions
5. Growth, FDI, and the Environment: Evidence from Chinese Cities
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Background information on Chinese cities
5.2.1. Economic development and FDI in Chinese cities
5.3. Environmental quality in Chinese cities
5.3.1. Water pollution
5.3.2. Air pollution
5.3.3. Industrial water and air pollutants
5.4. Methodology
5.4.1. Model specifications
5.4.2. Data description
5.4.3. Methodological issues
5.5. Empirical results
5.6. Conclusions and policy implications
Appendix 5.1. Variable definitions and data sources
Appendix 5.2. Cities in the sample (number of cities in subgroups in brackets)
Part II. The Effect of Environmental Regulations on FDI in China
6. FDI and Environmental Regulations in China
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Regulatory framework of environmental protection in China
6.3. Effects of environmental regulations
6.4. Implementation of environmental regulations
6.5. Conclusions
7. Theoretical and Empirical Studies on FDI and Environmental Regulations
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Trade and investment theory and the environment
7.3. Empirical literature on FDI and environmental regulations
7.3.1. Three frameworks of foreign direct investment
7.3.2. Empirical evidence for the pollution haven hypothesis
7.3.3. Empirical evidence on Chinese data
7.4. Conclusions
8. Do Intra-Country Pollution Havens Exist?
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Methodology
8.2.1. Estimating models
8.2.2. Data description
8.2.3. Selection of estimators
8.3. Empirical results
8.4. Conclusions
Appendix 8.1. Variables definitions and data sources
Appendix 8.2. Normalization of the Share of the Environmental Investment
Appendix 8.3. Hausman specification test
Part III. Corruption, Government, FDI, and the Environment in China
9. Literature Review
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Corruption and governance
9.2.1. What is corruption?
9.2.2. Governance and corruption
9.3. Empirical evidence
9.3.1. Empirical evidence on corruption and FDI
9.3.2. Empirical evidence on governance and FDI
9.4. Conclusions
10. Corruption, Anti-corruption, and Governance in China
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Corruption in China
10.3. Anti-corruption in China
10.4. Corruption and FDI
10.5. Provincial anti-corruption efforts
10.6. Provincial government efficiency
10.7. Conclusions
Appendix 10.1. Explanations of the government efficiency indices
11. Corruption, Governance, and FDI Locations in China: Empirical Evidence
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Methodology and data
11.3. Empirical results
11.4. Conclusions
Appendix 11.1. Data sources
Appendix 11.2. Hausman specification test and autocorrelation test
Appendix 11.3. Descriptive statistics of the variables
Appendix 11.4. Correlations of the variables
Appendix 11.5. FGLS results; dependent variable, FDI/POP
12. Corruption, FDI, and Environmental Regulations
12.1. Introduction
12.2. Endogenous environmental regulations
12.3. Data and methodology
12.4. Empirical results
12.5. Conclusions
Appendix 12.1. Variable definitions and data sources
Appendix 12.2. Summary statistics
Appendix 12.3. 2SLS results of fixed and random effects models
Appendix 12.4. First stage results of 2SLS
Appendix 12.5. Hausman tests in Table 12.1
13. Conclusions
13.1. Introduction
13.1. Summary of key findings
13.2. Challenges and policy implications
13.3. Further research
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Foreign direct investment, governance, and the environment in China : regional dimensions /

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