The Impact of Outward Foreign Direct Investment on China 's Environmental Pollution
Du Bin and Yu Guansheng
摘要：有关对外直接投资与环境污染之间关系的研究虽较多，但仍存在一些不足，本文在污染指标选取等方面进行创新，利用2003—2014 中国省级面板数据，考察了对外直接投资对我国环境污染的影响。结果表明，对外直接投资与国内环境污染呈现出倒U 型的关系，当对外直接投资规模较小时，会增加环境污染；当投资规模较大时，会减少环境污染。本文通过对外直接投资与人均GDP、产业结构以及技术进步形成的交互项，验证了对外直接投资通过提高人均GDP、产业结构升级和技术进步来改善我国环境。
关键词 ： 对外直接投资, 环境污染, 面板数据
Abstract: The study on relationship between OFDI and environmental pollution still has some shortcomings. Therefore, this paper has some innovations, such as the selection of pollution indicators. This paper investigates the impact of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) on China's environmental pollution by using the provincial panel data of 2003-2014. The results show that the outward direct foreign investment and domestic environmental pollution show an inverted U - shaped relationship, when the small scale of outward foreign direct investment will increase the environmental pollution and the large scale of it will reduce environmental pollution. And through the interaction between OFDI and per capita GDP, industrial structure and technological progress, it proves that OFDI can improve the environment of China by improving per capita GDP, industrial structure and technological progress.
Keywords:Outward Foreign Direct Investment; Environmental Pollution; EKC
DOI:10.19511/j.cnki.jee.2016.02.003