Author

  • Jonathan D. Danladi

    • University of Ibadan, Ibadan Nigeria
    • Nigeria

  • Kehinde John Akomolafe

    • Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti Nigeria
    • Nigeria

Abstract

One of the reasons pointed out, as the major cause of low investment in Nigeria is low saving. To bridge the saving-investment gap, there have been calls for inflow of foreign direct investment into the country. However, there are arguments about the impacts of FDI on the host country. Principal among the various arguments is its effect on environmental degradation .This paper sets out to examine the validity of this perception using Granger causality test. It examines the direction of causality between FDI and economic growth, Economic growth and Pollution, FDI and Pollution. The results revealed that there is no causality between the growth rate of GDP and FDI, growth rate of GDP and Co2. The only causality found is a unidirectional causality between the growths of FDI grows and the growth rate of pollution. The direction is from growth rate of FDI to the growth rate of pollution. This paper concludes that government should make policy that will ensure that multinational companies use equipment that is environmentally friendly.

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Danladi, J. D., & Akomolafe, K. J. (2013). Foreign Direct Investment, Economic Growth, and Environmental Concern: Evidence from Nigeria. Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 5(7), 460-468. https://doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v5i7.420

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