The impact of foreign direct investment on CO2 emissions in Turkey: new evidence from cointegration and bootstrap causality analysis

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 790 - 804
• Main Authors: Koçak, Emrah, Şarkgüneşi, Aykut
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide emissions; Causality; Earth and Environmental Science; Economic development; Economic growth; Economic models; Economics; Ecotoxicology; energy; Energy consumption; Energy usage; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental Kuznets curve; Environmental science; foreign direct investment; Foreign investment; greenhouse gas emissions; Hypotheses; Investment; pollution; Pollution levels; Regression analysis; Research Article; Test procedures; Turkey (country); Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Turkey; Turkey (country); Turkey; Pollution haven hypothesis; Environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis; Cointegration; CO; emissions; Bootstrap causality

Pollution haven hypothesis (PHH), which is defined as foreign direct investment inducing a raising impact on the pollution level in the hosting country, is lately a subject of discussion in the field of economics. This study, within the scope of related discussion, aims to look into the potential im...