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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

such as RoHS and REACH on the production costs and export performance of firms in Malaysia and Vietnam. We find that in … also find that compliance with RoHS and REACH significantly increases the probability of export. Furthermore, we find that … enterprises and firms participating in global value chains generally exhibit better export performance and their costs rise less …

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International coal trade and restrictions on coal consumption

Riker, David A. - In: Energy Economics 34 (2012) 4, pp. 1244-1249

Coal consumption is a major source of CO2 emissions and other air pollutants and is therefore a focus of environmental policy. However, countries that restrict their coal consumption will likely expand their coal exports to foreign markets with fewer restrictions on consumption. The adjustment...

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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...

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Harnessing the political economy of environmental policy: David Pearce’s contribution to OECD

Barde, Jean-Philippe - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 37 (2007) 1, pp. 33-42

During 34 years, David Pearce made major contribution to OECD work on environmental economic issues, with a particular focus on cost–benefit analysis, economic instruments, biodiversity and distributive issues. This article provides a brief review of David Pearce’s contributions. This work...

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