Host: Qiang Gong, Associate Professor, RIEM
Time: 2:30pm-4:00pm, May 16, Friday
Venue: H513 Yide Hall, Liulin Campus
Abstract: In this paper, we investigate whether environmental regulation affects inbound foreign direct investment. Our identification uses the Two Control Zones policy implemented by the Chinese government in 1998. The difference-in-differences and difference-in-difference-in-differences estimations show that cities with tougher environmental regulation attract less foreign direct investment. Specifically, toughening environmental regulation causes the amount of FDI to drop by 31:9%. We also find that the negative effect of environmental regulation is stronger for polluting industries than non-polluting industries.
Abut the speaker:
Mingqin Wu是华南师范大学经济管理学院副教授，获香港大学经济学博士学位。其论文发表于Regional Science and Urban Economics、Journal of Regional Science、Contemporary Economic Policy 等多种英文期刊上。
