Transnational linkages and the spillover of environment-efficiency into developing countries

Perkins, Richard and Neumayer, Eric ORCID: 0000-0003-2719-7563 (2009) Transnational linkages and the spillover of environment-efficiency into developing countries. Global Environmental Change, 19 (3). pp. 375-383. ISSN 0959-3780

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Arguments about the “positive” influence of growing transnational linkages have typically focused on their role in diffusing environmentally superior innovations which help to raise countries’ environment-efficiency. The present article empirically tests these claims by examining whether developing countries’ linkages with more CO2- and SO2-efficient economies contribute to domestic improvements in CO2- and SO2-efficiency. Our large-N, statistical findings caution against some of the efficiency-oriented optimism voiced by supporters of globalization. Although imports ties with more pollution-efficient countries are found to spillover into improved domestic CO2- and SO2-efficiency, neither transnational linkages via exports, inward foreign direct investment (FDI) nor telephone calls appear to have any influence on domestic pollution-efficiency.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescriptio...
Additional Information:	© 2009 Elsevier
Divisions:	Geography & Environment
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
Date Deposited:	14 Dec 2010 13:59
Last Modified:	04 Feb 2024 03:27
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/30737

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