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61,005 resultsShowing papers similar to The Effect of Foreign Direct Investment on Air Pollution in the Economic Community of West African States region: What Influence Does Tax Expenditure Have?
ClearForeign Direct Investment, Industrial Value Added, Trade Liberalization and Environmental Degradation in South Asian Countries
Panel autoregressive distributed lag modeling for six South Asian countries found that foreign direct investment had a positive (harmful) correlation with CO2 emissions while trade liberalization had a negative correlation, with industrial value added and renewable energy consumption also significantly affecting environmental degradation.
Greenfield, Mergers & Acquisitions, Energy Consumption, and Environmental Performance in selected SAARC and ASEAN countries
This economic study examined how different types of foreign direct investment affect energy consumption and environmental performance in various countries. Understanding the relationship between economic activity and environmental outcomes is relevant to predicting how plastic production and pollution change with development.
Assessing the impact of governance and health expenditures on carbon emissions in China: Role of environmental regulation
Researchers analysed the relationship between governance quality, health expenditures, environmental regulation, and carbon emissions in China from 1984 to 2018, finding an inverted U-shaped environmental Kuznets curve and that stronger environmental regulation helps decouple economic growth from carbon output.
Mitigating Environmental Degradation With Institutional Quality and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): New Evidence From Asymmetric Approach
This study examined how institutional quality and foreign direct investment affect environmental degradation in Chile, finding that good governance and selective investment can help balance economic growth with environmental protection. Stronger institutions are also needed to enforce plastic waste regulations that limit microplastic pollution.
The paradox of plastic bag legislation: How bans and taxes affect PM2.5 air pollution in 208 countries
Researchers analyzed plastic bag regulations in 208 countries and found that outright bans generally reduce fine particle (PM2.5) air pollution, while plastic bag taxes unexpectedly increase it — likely because alternative bags require more energy-intensive production. The findings reveal that poorly designed plastic policies can create unintended environmental trade-offs.
Green finance and foreign direct investment–environmental sustainability nexuses in emerging countries: new insights from the environmental Kuznets curve
Researchers identified asymmetric relationships between green finance, foreign direct investment, and environmental sustainability in emerging countries using nonlinear ARDL modeling, finding heterogeneous effects that support the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis.
How Does Public Participation in EnvironmentalProtection Affect Air Pollution in China?A Perspective of Local Government Intervention
Researchers used spatial econometric modeling of Chinese panel data from 2003-2017 to find that local government intervention worsens air quality due to inter-regional competition, and that public environmental participation only effectively reduces sulfur dioxide when supported by central government intervention.
Mitigating environmental degradation with institutional quality and foreign direct investment (FDI): new evidence from asymmetric approach
Researchers used asymmetric econometric modeling on Chilean quarterly data from 1996–2018 to find that institutional quality and renewable energy reduce carbon emissions, while foreign direct investment and fossil fuels increase them regardless of whether shocks are positive or negative.
Exploration and Evaluation of the Green Fiscal Effect on the High-Quality Development of the Economy
This thesis explores the relationship between green fiscal policies and high-quality economic development, examining how tax instruments and public spending directed toward energy conservation and environmental protection influence sustainable growth trajectories.
Environmental Stringency and International Trade: A Look Across the Globe
Researchers examined the relationship between environmental regulatory stringency and international trade across countries, testing whether stricter environmental regulations lead to shifts in the location of pollution-intensive industries. The analysis found mixed evidence for the pollution haven hypothesis.
Analyzing the linkage among CO2 emissions, economic growth, tourism, and energy consumption in the Asian economies
Researchers analyzed the long-run relationships between economic growth, tourism, energy use, and CO2 emissions in Asian economies from 1995–2017, finding evidence for the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis and that tourism significantly contributes to environmental degradation, with a coefficient of 0.132 linking tourism growth to increased carbon emissions across the region.
Why Environmental Pollution Remains Unresolved Despite Efforts to Mitigate It?
This review examines why environmental pollution persists despite mitigation efforts, identifying industrialization, technological cost barriers, weak regulatory enforcement, regulatory capture by industrial lobbies, and insufficient public awareness as the primary systemic reasons that pollution control remains ineffective, particularly in developing nations.
Research and Development as a Moderating Variable for Sustainable Economic Performance: The Asian, European, and Kuwaiti Models
This is an economics and business study examining research and development spending as a moderating factor in the relationship between sustainability practices and economic performance. It is not related to environmental science or microplastics.
The Invisible Threat: Investigating the Effects of Air Pollution on Human Health and the Environment
Not relevant to microplastics — this study investigates how air pollution (particulate matter PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide) affects human health in Depok, Indonesia, finding links to respiratory and cardiovascular disease.
Exploring Asymmetric Nexus Between CO2 Emissions, Environmental Pollution, and Household Health Expenditure in China
A Chinese provincial dataset analysis found statistically significant asymmetric relationships between CO₂ emissions and environmental pollution with household health expenditure, confirming that greater pollution imposes higher healthcare costs on residents.
Decomposition of air pollution in Indonesia
This study decomposed CO2 emissions in Indonesia from 1995–2022 using structural variables including urbanization, trade liberalization, fossil energy use, and renewable energy adoption, finding that fossil energy is the dominant driver of Indonesia's air pollution and that policy stringency significantly moderates emission levels.
Pollution and Its Effect to Educational Outcome
This article examines the link between environmental pollution and educational outcomes, finding that disproportionate exposure to pollution in low-income and minority communities may contribute to cognitive and health disparities that negatively affect academic performance.
Relationship between Globalization and Environmental Degradation in Low Income Countries: An Application of Kuznet Curve
This study examined how globalization and economic growth relate to environmental degradation in low-income countries, testing whether a Kuznets curve pattern (pollution rising then falling with income) exists. The results have implications for understanding how plastic consumption and waste generation change with development.
Effects of transport–carbon intensity, transportation, and economic complexity on environmental and health expenditures
Researchers analyzed data from OECD countries from 2001 to 2020 and found that transport carbon intensity was positively and significantly associated with healthcare expenditures, with transportation-related household spending amplifying both carbon emissions and long-run health costs — suggesting that greener transport policy has compounding benefits for both climate and public health budgets.
Spatiotemporal Evolution of the Coupled and Coordinated Development of the Low-carbon Economy, Green Finance, and Ecological Environmental Quality: Evidence from China
Despite its title referencing low-carbon economy and ecological quality, this paper studies the coordinated development of green finance, carbon reduction, and environmental quality indicators across Chinese provinces — not microplastic pollution. It examines regional economic and environmental policy dynamics using statistical modelling, and is not relevant to microplastics or human health.
Unveiling environmental governance and political economy dynamics in rural plastic pollution management: a case study of Ogun State, Nigeria
This study analyzed environmental governance and political economy dynamics shaping plastic pollution management in rural communities, finding that power structures and economic incentives often undermine collective action. The authors argue that local governance reforms are needed to translate global plastic reduction goals into community-level change.
Atmospheric microplastic deposition associated with GDP and population growth: Insights from megacities in northern China
Researchers measured airborne microplastic pollution across 17 large cities in northern China and found that economic activity, especially GDP growth, was the strongest predictor of how much microplastic fell from the sky. The most common plastic types were polypropylene, polyamide, polyurethane, and polyethylene, with most particles smaller than 78 micrometers. This matters for human health because these tiny airborne plastics can be inhaled, and their levels appear to rise as cities grow economically.
Schoon en efficiënt:maatschappelijke kosten en baten van milieumaatregelen
Researchers conducted a social cost-benefit analysis of potential environmental measures for the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, evaluating the economic viability of various pollution reduction interventions. The study found many measures to be cost-effective but noted that optimistic assumptions about policy implementation efficiency may produce an overly positive picture of net benefits.
Investigating the Influence of Renewable Energy Use and Innovative Investments in the Transportation Sector on Environmental Sustainability—A Nonlinear Assessment
Researchers used advanced statistical methods to examine how renewable energy adoption and innovative investments in the transportation sector affect environmental sustainability in France from 1995 to 2020. They found that increasing renewable energy use significantly reduced carbon dioxide emissions, while certain transport sector investments had mixed environmental effects. The study provides evidence that transitioning to renewable energy sources is a key driver of improved environmental outcomes.