سياست هاي زيست محيطي، مكان يابي صنايع و الگوي تجاري (آزمون فرضيه PHH در ايران)

Environmental Policies, Location of Industries and Trade Pattern: The Test of Pollution Haven Hypothesis in Iran

Since some decades ago, capital flows has been increased from developed countries to developing countries. Some economists believes that the less stringent environmental regulations in developing countries than those in developed countries have played the main role in the capital flows of the world. Based on this attitude, which calls pollution haven hypothesis (PHH), developing countries are the favorite place to hold pollution industries. Therefore, in this paper, the PHH is evaluated for Iran by employing the trade pattern and net export trend between Iran and OECD countries for polluting and clean products from 1999 to 2003. The result indicates that the PHH is rejected in Iran.