This paper investigates the plant-level product scope adjustment to rising import penetration at home and to growing export competition abroad, both of which have been originating from the China trade shock. Using Korean plant-level datasets with detailed product shipment and export information...

Previous research has focused on differences in emission intensity between exporters and non-exporters to reveal better environmental performance; however, little is known about how exporters achieve lower emission intensity. Using unique Chinese firm-level data from 2000–2007, we find that...