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The Impacts of FDI Inflows on Carbon Emissions: Economic Development and Regulatory Quality as Moderators

Frontiers in energy research, 2022-01, Vol.9 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 2296-598X ;EISSN: 2296-598X ;DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2021.820596

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  • Title:
    The Impacts of FDI Inflows on Carbon Emissions: Economic Development and Regulatory Quality as Moderators
  • Author: Huang, Yanyan ; Chen, Fuzhong ; Wei, Huini ; Xiang, Jian ; Xu, Zhexiao ; Akram, Rabia
  • Subjects: carbon emissions ; economic development ; foreign direct investment ; moderating effects ; regulatory quality
  • Is Part Of: Frontiers in energy research, 2022-01, Vol.9
  • Description: With the accelerated development of the global economy, environmental issues have gradually become prominent, which in turn hinders further high-quality economic development. As one of the important driving factors, cross-border flowing foreign direct investment (FDI) has played a vital role in promoting economic development, but has also caused environmental degradation in most host countries. Utilizing panel data for the G20 economies from 1996 to 2018, the purpose of this study is to investigate the impacts of FDI inflows on carbon emissions, and further explore the influence channels through the moderating effects of economic development and regulatory quality. To produce more robust and accurate results in this study, the approach of the feasible generalized least squares (FGLS) is utilized. Meanwhile, this study also specifies the heteroscedasticity and correlated errors due to the large differences and serial correlations among the G20 economies. The results indicate that FDI inflows are positively associated with carbon emissions, as well as both economic development and regulatory quality negatively contribute to the impacts of FDI inflows on carbon emissions. It implies that although FDI inflows tend to increase the emissions of carbon dioxide, they are more likely to mitigate carbon emissions in countries with higher levels of economic development and regulatory quality. Therefore, the findings are informative for policymakers to formulate effective policies to help mitigate carbon emissions and eliminate environmental degradation.
  • Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2296-598X
    EISSN: 2296-598X
    DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2021.820596
  • Source: ROAD: Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources
    DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
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