Foreign Direct Investments and environment in Sub-Saharan Africa
an empirical examination of the pollution haven hypothesis
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https://doi.org/10.59051/joaf.v10i2.331Keywords:
Pollution haven; Foreign Direct Investments; environment; panel; Sub-Saharan Africa.Abstract
The objective of this paper is to verify the pollution haven hypothesis in the Sub-Saharan Africa. The data come from the World Bank (Africa Development Indicators, 2017). The study period goes from 1980 to 2016 (37 years) and the sample contains 25 Sub-Saharan Africa countries. The generalized least squares method is used to value the parameters of a multiple regression model developed by York and al. (2003). The results show that the Sub-Saharan Africa is a pollution haven because their Foreign Direct Investments induce the deterioration of the environmental quality in this subregion.
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