Greening China : the benefits of trade and foreign direct investment /
Zeng, Ka, 1973-
Greening China : the benefits of trade and foreign direct investment / Ka Zeng, Joshua Eastin. - 1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations, maps - Michigan studies in international political economy . - Michigan studies in international political economy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Theoretical contentions and analytical approaches -- Debunking the "pollution-haven" and "race-to-the-bottom" hypotheses -- Environmental pollution and regulation in China -- Pollution havens and racing to the bottom : a provincial-level analysis -- Do Chinese provinces "trade up" and "invest up"? -- How do firms behave? : survey evidence from business executives -- Asia Pulp and Paper : local standards, world markets, and environmental protection -- Implications, caveats, and future research questions.
Open Access
"'The authors make some very critical interventions in this debate and scholars engaged in the environmental pollution haven and race to the bottom debates will need to take the arguments made here seriously, re-evaluating their own preferred theories to respond to the insightful theorizing and empirically rigorous testing that Zeng and Eastin present in the book.' -Ronald Mitchell, University of Oregon. China has earned a reputation for lax environmental standards that allegedly attract corporations more interested in profit than in moral responsibility and, consequently, further negate incentives to raise environmental standards. Surprisingly, Ka Zeng and Joshua Eastin find that international economic integration with nation-states that have stringent environmental regulations facilitates the diffusion of corporate environmental norms and standards to Chinese provinces. At the same time, concerns about 'green' tariffs imposed by importing countries encourage Chinese export-oriented firms to ratchet up their own environmental standards. The authors present systematic quantitative and qualitative analyses and data that not only demonstrate the ways in which external market pressure influences domestic environmental policy but also lend credence to arguments for the ameliorative effect of trade and foreign direct investment on the global environment."--
English.
0472901192 9780472901197 1283282356 9781283282352 6613282359 9786613282354
9786613282354 10.3998/mpub.2099075
328235 MIL 22573/ctt1d428jh JSTOR 102030 Knowledge Unlatched 22573/ctvc6m42h JSTOR
2020707131
Environmental policy--China.
International trade.
Political Science--Public Policy--Environmental Policy.
Ecology.
Environmental policy.
International trade.
China--Environmental conditions.
China.
Electronic books.
Electronic resource.
GE190.C6
333.720951
Greening China : the benefits of trade and foreign direct investment / Ka Zeng, Joshua Eastin. - 1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations, maps - Michigan studies in international political economy . - Michigan studies in international political economy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Theoretical contentions and analytical approaches -- Debunking the "pollution-haven" and "race-to-the-bottom" hypotheses -- Environmental pollution and regulation in China -- Pollution havens and racing to the bottom : a provincial-level analysis -- Do Chinese provinces "trade up" and "invest up"? -- How do firms behave? : survey evidence from business executives -- Asia Pulp and Paper : local standards, world markets, and environmental protection -- Implications, caveats, and future research questions.
Open Access
"'The authors make some very critical interventions in this debate and scholars engaged in the environmental pollution haven and race to the bottom debates will need to take the arguments made here seriously, re-evaluating their own preferred theories to respond to the insightful theorizing and empirically rigorous testing that Zeng and Eastin present in the book.' -Ronald Mitchell, University of Oregon. China has earned a reputation for lax environmental standards that allegedly attract corporations more interested in profit than in moral responsibility and, consequently, further negate incentives to raise environmental standards. Surprisingly, Ka Zeng and Joshua Eastin find that international economic integration with nation-states that have stringent environmental regulations facilitates the diffusion of corporate environmental norms and standards to Chinese provinces. At the same time, concerns about 'green' tariffs imposed by importing countries encourage Chinese export-oriented firms to ratchet up their own environmental standards. The authors present systematic quantitative and qualitative analyses and data that not only demonstrate the ways in which external market pressure influences domestic environmental policy but also lend credence to arguments for the ameliorative effect of trade and foreign direct investment on the global environment."--
English.
0472901192 9780472901197 1283282356 9781283282352 6613282359 9786613282354
9786613282354 10.3998/mpub.2099075
328235 MIL 22573/ctt1d428jh JSTOR 102030 Knowledge Unlatched 22573/ctvc6m42h JSTOR
2020707131
Environmental policy--China.
International trade.
Political Science--Public Policy--Environmental Policy.
Ecology.
Environmental policy.
International trade.
China--Environmental conditions.
China.
Electronic books.
Electronic resource.
GE190.C6
333.720951