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Critics assert that globalization is detrimental to the environment because it encourages location of polluting industries in countries with low environmental regulations. We suggest that globalization might also have positive environmental effects because global ties increase self-regulation pressures on firms in low-regulation countries. Using survey data from firms in China we find that multinational ownership, multinational customers, and exports to developed countries increase self-regulation of environmental performance.
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*Petra Christmann is Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School, University of Virginia. Her research focuses on multinational management, firm self-regulation, and environmental management.
**Glen Taylor is Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaii College of Business Administration. His research interests include global supply chain management systems and business strategy.
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Christmann, P., Taylor, G. Globalization and the Environment: Determinants of Firm Self-Regulation in China. J Int Bus Stud 32, 439–458 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490976
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490976