Giray Gozgor

Giray Gozgor is an Associate Professor of Economics/Finance at the School of Management, University of Bradford, where he also leads the Wealth, Inclusive Societies and Ethics (WISE) Research Cluster. He is a Fellow of Advance HE and a Research Affiliate of the CESifo network at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Giray Gozgor has previously held a Chair (Professor) position at Istanbul Medeniyet University and has been a visiting scholar at Ghent University and the University of California, Irvine. He has been recognised in multiple research rankings, including the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers, IDEAS/RePEc, and Stanford University's World's Top 2% Scientists (2020–2025). He has published extensively in Web of Science-indexed journals, including outlets such as Energy Economics, Journal of Human Capital, and Public Choice. He also serves as an Associate Editor for several CABS 3 journals, including the European Journal of Finance and the International Journal of Finance & Economics.

Concerns About Green Regulation Pushing Industry to Pollution Havens May Be Overstated

Recent border carbon measures have relied on the theory that stricter environmental rules in rich countries push pollution-intensive production toward developing economies with weaker regulations. In new research, Irfan Saleem and Giray Gozgor show that the “pollution haven” mechanism is neither automatic nor uniform across industries. Evidence is mixed, often small in magnitude, and highly sensitive to how we measure regulation, model trade, and account for industry mobility.

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