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Well-intentioned regulation may be causing multinationals to shunt polluting activities to poorer countries where regulation isn’t so strict
Read "Exporting Pollution: Where Do Multinational Firms Emit CO2?" by Itzhak Ben-David, Yeejin Jang, Stefanie Kleimeier and Michael Viehs here.
Anti-pollution laws penalise firms whose activities emit CO2. In this interview, Itzhak Ben-David discusses how well-intentioned regulation may be causing multinationals to shunt polluting activities to poorer countries where regulation isn’t so strict.
Editors' note: This audio first appeared on VoxEU.