Soft and hard aspects of green behaviour A firm-level study of the pollution haven hypothesis in the Mediterranean Basin.pdf (314.25 kB)
Soft and hard aspects of green behaviour: a firm-level study of the pollution haven hypothesis in the Mediterranean Basin
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posted on 2023-06-10, 04:26 authored by Camilla JensenThe paper tests the pollution haven hypothesis in the context of three economies on the borders of the European Union in the Mediterranean Basin: Greece, Italy, and Turkey. Large differences in soft and hard aspects of green behaviour are revealed. Multinational firms are found to be more likely to use ‘soft talk’ strategies across the three economies. Yet the research also reveals that the multinationals are often more energy-intensive. Data for electricity consumption (where the largest regulatory differences exist across the EU border) show that there is a difference in the energy intensity of foreign and domestic firms in Turkey. At prices 45% lower than the unweighted EU average, the paper documents a 114% difference in electricity consumption by ownership. This difference in the difference between foreign and domestic firms' green behaviour across the three economies studied provides strong validation for the pollution haven hypothesis.
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HeliyonISSN
2405-8440Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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4Volume
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1-9Article number
e06578Event location
EnglandDepartment affiliated with
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2022-08-09First Open Access (FOA) Date
2022-08-09First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2022-08-09Usage metrics
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