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Impact of product-related environmental regulations in Asia : descriptive statistics from a survey of firms in Penang, Malaysia
Michida, Etsuyo; Ueki, Yasushi; Nabeshima, Kaoru - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
This paper summarizes the main results of a unique firm survey conducted in Penang, Malaysia in 2012 on product-related environmental regulations. The results show that firms receiving foreign-direct investment have adapted well to regulations but faced more rejections. Several research...
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Product-related environmental regulation and voluntary environmental actions : impacts of RoHS and REACH in Malaysia
Arimura, Toshihide; Iguchi, Hakaru; Michida, Etsuyo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
Voluntary environmental actions, such as the adoption of ISO 14001, are gaining increasing attention in developing countries. This study examines the mechanism of ISO 14001 diffusion in a developing economy on the basis of a unique corporate survey of manufacturing sectors in Malaysia....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010757624
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The policy impact of product-related environmental regulations in Asia
Michida, Etsuyo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
This paper focuses on EU chemical regulations, RoHS and REACH, and shows these EU regulations have driven Asian countries to introduce regulations that are similar yet modified versions to the EU regulations. Asia as the world manufacturing center has extensive production networks where parts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010757631
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Estimating the effect of chemical safety standards on firm performance in Malaysia and Vietnam
Otsuki, Tsunehiro; Michida, Etsuyo; Nabeshima, Kaoru; … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
This paper uses firm-level data to examine the impact of chemical safety regulations imposed by importing countries such as RoHS and REACH on the production costs and export performance of firms in Malaysia and Vietnam. We find that in addition to the initial setup costs for compliance, EU RoHS...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010757297
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Management for a Variety of Environmental Pollution and North-South Trade
Michida, Etsuyo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2005
A simple static model incorporating a variety of environmental pollution is developed. An autarky model shows that a … developing country regulates fewer types of pollution by income-induced environmental policy. As income grows, the types of … regulated pollution increase and also introduced regulations become tougher.Then the model incorporates international trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005222478
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Production sharing, demand spillovers and CO2 emissions : the case of Chinese regions in GVCs
Pei, Jiansuo; Meng, Bo; Wang, Fei; Xue, Jinjun - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
Input-Output Database in which China's domestic interregional input-output table for 2007 is endogenously embedded. Then …, the pattern of China's regional demand spillovers across both domestic regions and countries are revealed by employing … results. It is found that China's regions locate relatively upstream in GVCs, and had CO2 emissions in net exports, which were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265961
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Tracing CO2 emissions in global value chains
Meng, Bo; Peters, Glen; Wang, Zhi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
This paper integrates two lines of research into a unified conceptual framework: trade in global value chains and embodied emissions. This allows both value added and emissions to be systematically traced at the country, sector, and bilateral levels through various production network routes. By...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011167317
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The emission reduction effect and economic impact of an energy tax vs. a carbon tax in China : a dynamic CGE model analysis
Zou, Lele; Xue, Jinjun; Fox, Alan; Meng, Bo; Shibata, … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
Chinese government commits to reach its peak carbon emissions before 2030, which requires China to implement new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011268113
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Environmental provisions in Japanese regional trade agreements with developing countries
Yanai, Akiko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
With the growing interest in environmental issues in the global community, recently concluded regional trade agreements (RTAs) have introduced environmental provisions. These RTAs will help achieve sustainable development at the intersection of trade liberalization and ever-increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011147333
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Adoption of ISO9001 through supply chain in Vietnam : impacts of FDI and product-related environmental regulation
Iguchi, Hakaru; Arimura, Toshi H.; Michida, Etsuyo - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
The objective of the present study is to examine the determinants of ISO 9001 certification, focusing on the effect of Product-related Environmental Regulations on Chemicals (PRERCs) and FDI using the answers to several questions in our Vietnam survey conducted from December 2011 to January...
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