Environmental management and the influence of foreign direct investment in Southeast Asia: policy implications

• Autorzy: Trang Ngo Quynh , An Tran Van Nguyen , Nguyen Hong Thu

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.17512/pjms.2023.28.2.21

Warianty tytułu

PL

Wpływ bezpośrednich inwestycji zagranicznych w Południowo-Wschodniej Azji na zarządzanie środowiskiem: implikacje dla polityki

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This study investigated the nexus between environmental pollution measured by carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen dioxide (N2O) and net Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), along with some other variables, namely economic growth by gross domestic product per capita, trade openness, manufacturing, political stability, urbanization, and population growth, using annual data of 11 countries from Southeast Asia for the period from 1999 to 2019. After testing the suitability of the fixed effects and random effects model, this study used the former. The results show that FDI inflows cause CO2 levels to increase in Southeast Asia, supporting Pollution Heaven Theory. However, as for N2O level, the result is not significant, meaning that there is no relationship between FDI inflows and N2O level. Other variables, including GDP and trade openness, negatively affect the environment in Southeast Asia as well. Some recommendations for the Southeast Asia government are also provided to improve the environmental condition in this region.

PL

W niniejszym badaniu zbadano związek między zanieczyszczeniem środowiska mierzonym dwutlenkiem węgla (CO2), dwutlenkiem azotu (N2O) i bezpośrednimi inwestycjami zagranicznymi netto (BIZ), wraz z kilkoma innymi zmiennymi, a mianowicie: wzrostem gospodarczym według produktu krajowego brutto na mieszkańca, otwartością handlową, produkcją, stabilnością polityczną, urbanizacją i wzrostem liczby ludności, wykorzystując roczne dane 11 krajów z Azji Południowo-Wschodniej za okres od 1999 do 2019 roku. Po przetestowaniu przydatności modelu efektów stałych i losowych, w niniejszym badaniu wykorzystano ten pierwszy. Wyniki pokazują, że napływ bezpośrednich inwestycji zagranicznych powoduje wzrost poziomu CO2 w Azji Południowo-Wschodniej, co potwierdza teorię nieba zanieczyszczeń. Jednak jeśli chodzi o poziom N2O, wynik nie jest znaczący, co oznacza, że nie ma związku między napływem BIZ a poziomem N2O. Inne zmienne, w tym PKB i otwartość handlowa, również negatywnie wpływają na środowisko w Azji Południowo-Wschodniej. Przedstawiono również pewne zalecenia dla rządu Azji Południowo-Wschodniej w celu poprawy stanu środowiska w tym regionie.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

foreign direct investment; environment pollution; economic growth

PL

bezpośrednie inwestycje zagraniczne; zanieczyszczenie środowiska; wzrost gospodarczy

• Wydawca: Czestochowa University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Management Studies
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 28, No. 2
• Strony: 367--383
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 46 poz., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Trang Ngo Quynh

• Foreign Trade University, Ho Chi Minh City Campus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

• https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8255-1306

autor

An Tran Van Nguyen

• Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Management and Economics; nám. T. G. Masaryka 5555, 760 01 Zlín

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7236-3930

autor

Nguyen Hong Thu

• Thu Dau Mot University, Binh Duong, Vietnam

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5775-1898

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).