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标题：Exporting the Greenhouse: Foreign Capital Penetration and CO₂ Emissions 1980–1996
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作者：Peter Grimes ; Jeffrey Kentor
期刊名称：Journal of World-Systems Research
电子版ISSN：1076-156X
出版年度：2003
卷号：9
期号：2
出版社：American Sociological Association Section on Political Economy of the World System
摘要：Th is research examines the impact of foreign investment dependence on carbon dioxide emissions between 1980 and 1996. In a cross-national panel regression analysis of 66 less developed countries, we fi nd that foreign capital penetration in 1980 has a signifi cant positive e. ect on the growth of CO. emissions between 1980 and 1996. Domestic investment, however, has no systematic e. ect. We suggest several reasons for these fi ndings. Foreign investment is more concentrated in those industries that require more energy. Second, transnational corporations may relocate highly polluting industries to countries with fewer environmental controls. Th ird, the movement of inputs and outputs resulting from the global dispersion of production over the past 30 years is likely to be more energy-expensive in coun-tries with poorer infrastructure. Finally, power generation in the countries receiving foreign investment is considerably less e. cient than within the countries of the core.