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Author Zeng, Ka, 1973- author.

Title Greening China : the benefits of trade and foreign direct investment / Ka Zeng, Joshua Eastin.

Publication Info. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2011]

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Description 1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations, maps
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Michigan studies in international political economy
Michigan studies in international political economy.
Summary "'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."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Print version record.
Language English.
Contents 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 & Paper : local standards, world markets, and environmental protection -- Implications, caveats, and future research questions.
Access Open Access EbpS
Note This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
Subject Environmental policy -- China.
China -- Environmental conditions.
International trade.
Environnement -- Politique gouvernementale -- Chine.
Commerce international.
Political Science -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
Ecology
Environmental policy
International trade
China https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcrd4RjtCBk4wfMhTwwG3
Genre/Form Electronic resource.
Added Author Eastin, Joshua.
Other Form: Print version: Zeng, Ka, 1973- Greening China. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2011 9780472117680 (DLC) 2011003378 (OCoLC)687681688
ISBN 0472901192
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0472027107
9780472027101
0472117688 (hardback)
9780472117680 (hardback)
Standard No. 9786613282354
10.3998/mpub.2099075
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GBVCP 1003680437
NZ1 14249138
NZ1 14691885
AU@ 000069620098

 
    
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