围绕中国是否存在“污染避难所”效应,学者们展开了激烈的讨论,但尚未形成一致性的研究结论。基于2005—2010年中国37个工业行业的面板数据,对环境规制是否会影响FDI流入进行了实证检验。主要结论有:一是环境规制对工业行业引进外资具有一定的负向效应,且在考虑企业规模、市场化水平、行业利润等其他因素时,这种效应更为明显,即“污染避难所”假说在我国工业行业层面得到了验证;二是环境规制对FDI的影响具有显著的行业异质性,在技术密集度较低、环境污染程度较高、R&D强度较低、垄断水平较低的行业,环境规制对FDI的抑制作用会更加显著。
On the existence of China 'Pollution Haven' effect, scholars have launched a heated discussion, but have not yet formed a consistent conclusion. Based on the 2005-2010 China's 37 industrial panel data, on environ- mental regulation and whether the effect of foreign capital introduction inflows is empirically tested. The main con- clusions are: firstly, environmental regulation has certain negative effect on industry's foreign capital introduction, and considering the enterprise scale, the level of market, industry profit and other factors, this effect is more obvi- ous. The 'Pollution Haven' Hypothesis has been verified in China's industry level; secondly, environmental regula- tion has certain heterogeneity effect on foreign capital introduction. In the industries with low technology inten- sive, high environmental pollution, low R&D intensity and monopoly, environmental regulation's negative effect on foreign capital introduction will be more significant.