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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Anhua Zhou, Jun Li
Summary: This article examines the impact of trade liberalization on renewable energy and employs statistical methods for quantitative analysis. The results show positive long-term and short-term effects of trade liberalization on renewable energy, and reveal a dual threshold effect of human capital. Mechanism analysis indicates that trade liberalization promotes the use of renewable energy through technological effects. The findings support trade liberalization and human capital as important forces in promoting renewable energy development in the future.
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Business
Shufang Zheng, Fengxiu Zhou, Huwei Wen
Summary: The study found that trade liberalization significantly reduces pollution emissions and has varying effects on enterprise viability. In addition, emissions trading policy enhances the abating effect of trade liberalization on environmental pollution, while voluntary environmental policy reduces this effect.
EMERGING MARKETS FINANCE AND TRADE
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Guangqin Li, Xubing Fang, Maotao Liu
Summary: This study investigates the impact of China's export trade mode transformation on environmental pollution and its internal mechanism, finding that there is a significant inverted U-shaped relationship between ETM transformation and environmental pollution. Factors such as industrial structure, energy structure, and environmental protection investment are identified as the main mechanisms through which ETM transformation affects environmental pollution.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chinedu Increase Onwachukwu, Kit-Ming Isabel Yan, Kerui Tu
Summary: The study found a significant impact of trade liberalization on environmental quality, challenging the use of a single indicator to assess this relationship.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
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Economics
Yingying Yi, Xiaoxiao Yu, Xiaotong Sun
Summary: The study demonstrates that liberalization of intermediate goods trade has different effects in different trade modes and regions. Environmental regulations can mitigate corporate pollution emissions. When optimizing the trade structure of intermediate goods, it is necessary to consider the different development stages of various regions and industries.
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Business
Ivan T. Kandilov, Asli Leblebicioglu, Ruchita Manghnani
Summary: The study found that during the period of trade liberalization in India (1989-1997), reductions in tariffs on capital goods and intermediate inputs led to an increase in investment in foreign capital goods by firms, while reductions in output tariffs resulted in decreased investment. The impact of tariffs on capital goods was the most significant.
EMERGING MARKETS FINANCE AND TRADE
(2021)
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Ecology
Xiaoshan Cai, Qian Liu, Qing Peng
Summary: This article uses the difference-in-differences model to examine the pollution emissions of domestic trading enterprises in the face of varying trade openness under the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). The study finds that trade liberalization encourages domestic trading firms to adopt proactive pollution abatement strategies, and that the signing of CAFTA facilitates pollution reduction in enterprises trading mainly with CAFTA members. This effect is more significant in non-state-owned enterprises and labor-intensive enterprises, and the marginal effect tends to expand over time.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
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Business, Finance
Hiroshi Mukunoki
Summary: Lower import tariffs may encourage AD actions in countries with small market size, but the impact is varied in countries with large market size.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE
(2021)
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Environmental Studies
Roberto Alvarez, Alvaro Garcia-Marin, Sebastian Ilabaca
Summary: The study found that the increase in metal-mining product prices between 2003 and 2009 had a significant poverty-reducing effect on municipalities with a high proportion of employment in the metal-mining sector and higher poverty rates.
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Economics
Prema-chandra Athukorala
Summary: The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the contemporary policy debate on the industrialization strategy in developing countries by analyzing policy regime shifts and outcomes in Sri Lanka during the post-independence era. The findings suggest that the backlash against liberalization reforms in Sri Lanka is more based on ideological preferences rather than factual analysis. Comparing Sri Lanka's industrialization experience in the import-substitution era and the post-reform era, there is a strong case for combining import substitution with export orientation and sector-specific focus.
ASIAN ECONOMIC PAPERS
(2022)
Article
Economics
Xuan Fei
Summary: Notable heterogeneity regarding international trade openness and level of development across different regions with significant inter-provincial migration has been a prominent feature in contemporary China. This paper studies the particular role of international trade in the structural transformation across each region in China. Combining several data, we document that there exhibits a non-monotone, hump-shaped relationship between international trade freeness and prefecture-level manufacture labor share in China. We rationalize this stylized fact in a spatial equilibrium model with multi-region, multi-sector, costly trade and endogenous allocation of labor, capital, and land. The analysis highlights the role of internal geography in shaping patterns of trade-induced structural change.
STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xin Fu, Tangyou Wang, Hongxu Yang
Summary: This paper examines the impact of service trade liberalization on service productivity. Using a city-level database from 2006 to 2019, the study estimates the labor productivity of the service industry and identifies varying trends of productivity growth. By employing a difference-in-difference strategy, the empirical evidence indicates that liberalizing service trade has a positive effect on service productivity. Furthermore, the evidence suggests that service trade liberalization can enhance the productivity of the service industry in cities located in the eastern and central parts of China, as well as cities with a higher degree of marketization.
Article
Economics
Jin Feng, Zitai Wang, Qiang Xie
Summary: Positive child health is crucial for long-term economic growth, but the impact of trade liberalization on child health remains controversial. This study finds that export expansion has a negative effect on child health, particularly among vulnerable families in rural areas, individuals with low levels of education, and girls.
CHINA ECONOMIC REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Economics
Qing Hu, Wenjing Li, Chen Lin, Lai Wei
Summary: This study examines the causal effect of trade-induced competition on firms' ownership dynamics through China's accession to the World Trade Organization. By exploiting variations in tariff reductions across industries, the study finds that firms facing greater competitive shocks experience a larger increase in foreign ownership. Moreover, the effect is stronger for firms with higher demand for external financing and technology, suggesting the strategic role of foreign shareholders in empowering domestic firms in a competitive market.
JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Economics
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi
Summary: The Porter hypothesis is not very statistically significant, especially in developing countries, because it overlooks environmental-policy-related bribes. Reducing the regulatory cost burden through bribes can encourage innovation. Moreover, firms are more likely to bribe officials in making export decisions in more competitive international markets. This study identifies the theoretical mechanism for this hypothesis by analyzing the effects of trade environmental policies and bribes associated with tax evasion on pollution, growth, and productivity in an R & D-based growth model.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY
(2023)