Can trade liberalization promote green production? Evidence from China's manufacturing enterprises

被引：15
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作者：
Liu, Mengdi [1 ]
Zhang, Bing [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Liao, Xianchun [2 ,3 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Int Business & Econ, Sch Int Trade & Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Jinan, Sch Business, Jinan, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Jinan, Inst Green Dev, Jinan, Peoples R China
[4] Nanjing Univ, Sch Environm, State Key Lab Pollut Control & Resource Reuse, Nanjing, Peoples R China
来源：
JOURNAL OF ASIAN ECONOMICS | 2022年 / 79卷
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
WTO; Tariff reduction; Technology upgrading; Corporate environmental performance; IMPORTED INTERMEDIATE INPUTS; ENVIRONMENTAL-REGULATION; INTERNATIONAL-TRADE; POLLUTION; QUALITY; TECHNOLOGY; EXPORTS; COMPETITION; INNOVATION; MARKUPS;
D O I：
10.1016/j.asieco.2021.101369
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
Whether international trade causes environmental damage to developing countries has caused widespread concern. We estimate trade liberalization's impact on environmental performance using unique firm-level pollution data in China. By using maximum tariff rates from China's accession agreement as instrumental variables for actual tariff rates, we find that cuts in import tariffs enhance the average SO2 emission. Changes in the composition of products in the polluting and non-polluting industries can explain the substantial increase in the average SO2 emission. However, using multiple firm-level indicators, we demonstrate the existence of the trade-induced technique effect that trade liberalization can promote cleaner production.
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