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Have Countries with Lax Environmental Regulations a Comparative Advantage in Polluting Industries?
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Quiroga, Miguel (författare)
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- Persson, Martin, 1976 (författare)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- Sterner, Thomas, 1952 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik, Enheten för miljöekonomi,Department of Economics, Environmental Economics Unit,University of Gothenburg
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- 2007
- 2007
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: RFF Discussion Paper Series. ; :RFF DP 07-08
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Abstract
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- We aim to study whether lax environmental regulations induce comparative advantages, causing the least-regulated countries to specialize in polluting industries. The study is based on Trefler and Zhu’s (2005) definition of the factor content of trade. For the econometrical analysis, we use a cross-section of 71 countries in 2000 to examine the net exports in the most polluting industries. We try to overcome three weaknesses in the empirical literature: the measurement of environmental endowments or environmental stringency, the possible endogeneity of the explanatory variables, and the influence of the industrial level of aggregation. As a result, we do find some evidence in favor of the pollution-haven effect. The exogeneity of the environmental endowments was rejected in several industries, and we also find that industrial aggregation matters.
Ämnesord
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Nationalekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economics (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- comparative advantage
- environmental regulation
- trade
- pollution haven
- Porter hypothesis
- trade
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