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Trade and the environment : the role of firm heterogeneity
Kreickemeier, Udo; Richter, Philipp M. - 2012
This paper derives a new effect of trade liberalisation on the quality of the environment. We show that in the presence of heterogeneous firms the aggregate volume of emissions is influenced not only by the long-established scale effect, but also by a reallocation effect resulting from an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009570712
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Trade and the environment : the role of firm heterogeneity
Kreickemeier, Udo; Richter, Philipp M. - 2012
This paper derives a new effect of trade liberalisation on the quality of the environment. We show that in the presence of heterogeneous firms the aggregate volume of emissions is influenced not only by the long-established scale effect, but also by a reallocation effect resulting from an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579252
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Why are firms that export cleaner? : international trade and CO2 emissions
Forslid, Rikard; Okubo, Toshihiro; Ulltveit-Moe, Karen … - 2014 - This version: May 2014
This paper develops a model of trade and CO2 emissions with heterogenous firms, where firms make abatement investments and thereby have an impact on their level of emissions. The model shows that investments in abatements are positively related to firm productivity and firm exports. Emission...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010358267
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The causal effect of trade liberalization on the environment
Onwachukwu, Chinedu Increase; Yan, Isabel Kit‐Ming; … - 2021
This study investigated the effect of trade liberalization on carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. The exogenous reduction in trade restrictions due to countries' accession to the World Trade Organization is used as a measure of trade liberalization. Using the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013216530
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Liberalisation of Trade in Environmentally Preferable Products
Tothova, Monika - 2005
It addresses the issue of environmentally preferable products (EPPs) in the context of the Doha Development Round and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation. It reviews available definitions; describes existing compilations of products and identifies broad categories of EPPs; and offers case...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444119
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A Dynamic Approach to the Environmental Effects of Trade Liberalization
Fadaee, Mehdi - 2014
In this paper, we develop a two-country world differential game model with a polluting firm in each country where there is transportation cost to investigate the equilibrium of the game between firms when they decide to trade or not and to see under which conditions social welfare coincides with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014182495
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Trade and the environment : the role of firm heterogeneity
Kreickemeier, Udo; Richter, Philipp M. - 2012
This paper derives a new effect of trade liberalisation on the quality of the environment. We show that in the presence of heterogeneous firms the aggregate volume of emissions is influenced not only by the long-established scale effect, but also by a reallocation effect resulting from an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009547499
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Impact of trade openness on environment in China
Wen, Jun; Mahmood, Hamid; Zakaria, Muhammad - In: Journal of business economics and management 21 (2020) 4, pp. 1185-1202
The study investigates the impact of trade openness on pollution in China by applying wavelet-coherence analysis, phase … openness and pollutant variables. The results indicate that trade openness has increased pollution in China especially after … 2001 when China became member of WTO. It suggests that "pollution haven hypothesis" exists in China. These results imply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270720
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Trade liberalization and SO2 emissions : firm-level evidence from China's WTO entry
Li, Lei; Löschel, Andreas; Pei, Jiansuo; Sturm, Bodo; … - 2020
Is trade liberalization contributing to cleaner production amongst manufacturing firms? Theoretical predictions and empirical evidences are mixed. This study utilizes China's dual trade regime and China's WTO entry in 2001 to construct a unique micro dataset on manufacturing firms for China for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239819
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Trade liberalization and SO2 emissions : firm-level evidence from China's WTO entry
Li, Lei; Löschel, Andreas; Pei, Jiansuo; Sturm, Bodo; … - 2020
Is trade liberalization contributing to cleaner production amongst manufacturing firms? Theoretical predictions and empirical evidences are mixed. This study utilizes China's dual trade regime and China's WTO entry in 2001 to construct a unique micro dataset on manufacturing firms for China for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012261412