FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH

This paper is investigating the non-linear relationship between foreign direct investment and environmental degradation using panel data by fixed effect of 18 Petroleum Exporters Countries during 1990-2009. The results indicated that environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) exists and foreign direct investment has negative effect on CO2 emission but insignificantly and decreases environmental degradation

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Environment ، Foreign Direct Investment ، Kuznets Curve ، Growth