How Did Free Trade Reshape the Transitional China? Evidence from Heterogeneous Exporters and Firm-Level Pollution Emissions

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 1651-1676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling-Yun He ◽  
Xi Lin ◽  
Qiren Liu
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Pollution Emissions ◽  
Transitional China

scholarly journals Import Liberalization of Intermediates and Environment: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling-Yun He ◽  
Liang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Intermediate Inputs ◽  
Interaction Terms ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Plant Level ◽  
Pollution Emissions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Scale Composition ◽  
Level Lowering

This paper investigates how the import liberalization of intermediates affects firm-level pollution emissions. We divide the impact of freer import of intermediates on pollution emissions into induced scale, composition and technique effects and then develop interaction terms to examine these effects. Relying on a panel of plant-level data from China manufacturing sector for the period 2001 to 2007, we find freer import of intermediate inputs is conducive to pollution reductions at the plant level, lowering pollution via induced technique and composition effects and, in turn, increasing emission through induced scale effect. In summary, import liberalization of intermediate inputs can contribute to the better environmental performance of China manufacturing sector.

scholarly journals Utilization of Free Trade Agreement in Indonesia: Firm-Level Data Analysis of the Yogyakarta Special Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
Nadira Asrifa Nasution ◽  
Kiki Verico
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade ◽  
Free Trade Agreement ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Special Region

This study aims to observe the utilization of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in the Special Region of Yogyakarta. The findings are obtained by processing primary data collected from in-depth interviews and a survey of firms by applying descriptive analysis. The findings show that FTA is utilized by merely 44% of the total population of 64 firms in Yogyakarta. The benefits of FTA obtained by firms include market access, ease of processing custom documents, and lower preferential tariffs. However, the disadvantages include onerous document requirements, limited information, and difficulties in understanding regulations. Another issue related to the utilization of FTA concerns the additional provisions, such as product certificates, timeliness in obtaining COO, guidelines on information access, and registration procedures. The policy implications of the findings are discussed in conclusion.

scholarly journals Tariff Reduction and Environment: Evidence from CAFTA and Chinese Manufacturing Firms

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling-Yun He ◽  
Geng Huang
Keyword(s):  
Scale Effects ◽  
Free Trade Area ◽  
Tariff Reduction ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Import Tariff ◽  
Trade Area ◽  
Level Data ◽  
The Us ◽  
Pollution Emissions ◽  
Trade Wars

In the context of anti-globalization and trade wars (especially between the US and China), China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) now plays a prominent role in many aspects. In this paper, we investigate how import tariff reduction in CAFTA affects the importers’ pollution emissions, using the firm-level data of Chinese manufacturing from 2002 to 2007. The mechanisms of import tariff reduction in CAFTA on pollution emissions are divided into technique, composition and scale effects. Our results indicate that import tariff reduction in CAFTA on final goods is conductive to importers’ pollution reduction, whereas that on intermediates significantly aggravates importers’ pollution emissions. Moreover, import tariff reduction has heterogeneous impacts on different types of enterprises in terms of industries, ownership, and region. Our results also find that the state-owned importers’ emissions can hardly be affected through technique, composition and scale effects.

scholarly journals Financial Performance As It Relates To Pollution Control: An Empirical Analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey L. Decker ◽  
Terrance Jalbert
Keyword(s):  
Pollution Control ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
Firm Characteristics ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
Research Setting ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Pollution Emissions ◽  
Regulation Changes

This paper explores the firm-level characteristics that explain pollution emissions during 1988-1996. Differences in pollution approach between different types of firms provide an unique research setting to investigate how firms with favorable environmental reputations compare to firms with unfavorable environmental reputations regarding emissions what firm characteristics are related to environmental performance, and how firms respond to regulation changes. The paper is the first to use emissions information from a non-financial source to analyze differences between firms to changes in regulatory requirements. The results provide clear evidence that green firms behave markedly different, have different firm characteristics, and react to changes in regulatory regime in different ways than their non-green counterparts.

Free trade at last?

IEE Review ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-36
Keyword(s):  
Free Trade
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