Foreign Direct Investment and CO2, CH4, N2O, Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Cross Country Study

• Main Authors: Sujan Chandra Paul, Md. Harun Or Rosid, Md. Jamil Sharif, Anjuman Ara Rajonee
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EconJournals 2021-07-01
• Series: International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
• Online Access: https://econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/11535

<p>To investigate the effects of foreign direct investment on CO₂, CH₄, N₂O, and other greenhouse gas emission the study was conducted. The panel data from 200 countries were collected for the period of 1990 to 2018. Ordinary Least Square (OLS), Pooled Ordinary Least Square (POLS), Driscoll-Kraay (DK), Second Stage Least square (2SLS), Generalized Methods of Moments (GMM) model has been performed. The findings showed that foreign direct investment has positive impact on CO₂ in all the models. The study also showed that FDI had negative impact on CH₄emission and positive impact on N₂O emissions in all models except GMM model. Finally, FDI had mixed impact on greenhouse gas emission but the results were statistically insignificant except OLS model.</p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>CO₂, CH₄, N₂O, Greenhouse Gas emission, FDI</p><p><strong>JEL Classifications: </strong>F21, O44, Q5</p><p>DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.32479/ijefi.11535">https://doi.org/10.32479/ijefi.11535</a></p>