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From foreign direct investment to environmental regulations: Does a feedback effect ever exist?
Loan Thi-Hong Van1, Duc Hong Vo2, Nam Thanh Vu2
1School of Advance Study, Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Viet Nam.
Heliyon
|April 17, 2024
Summary
Foreign direct investments (FDI) impact environmental regulations, with effects varying based on a host country's political constraints. Stronger political structures amplify positive environmental effects from FDI, while weaker ones may see negative outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Environmental Economics
- Political Science
- International Business
Background:
- Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a key driver of economic growth.
- The impact of FDI on environmental regulations is complex and debated.
- Endogeneity issues, including omitted variables and reverse causality, often complicate the analysis of FDI's environmental effects.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the feedback effect of FDI on environmental regulations.
- To examine how host country political structures moderate the relationship between FDI and environmental regulations.
- To address endogeneity concerns using advanced econometric methods.
Main Methods:
- Utilized the two-step system generalized method of moments (GMM) to address endogeneity.
- Analyzed data from 21 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.
- Employed a longitudinal dataset spanning from 1990 to 2019.
Main Results:
- Confirmed a significant influence of FDI flows on environmental regulations.
- Demonstrated that the effect of FDI is conditional on the stringency of domestic political constraints.
- Found that FDI increases environmental regulation stringency under high political constraints and decreases it under low constraints.
Conclusions:
- FDI's impact on environmental regulations is not uniform but contingent on host country political characteristics.
- Countries can leverage political structures to optimize FDI's environmental impact.
- Policy adjustments can attract FDI for economic growth while mitigating environmental degradation.
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