dc.contributor.author | Quiroga, Miguel | |
dc.contributor.author | Sterner, Thomas | |
dc.contributor.author | Persson, Martin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-12-04T13:53:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-12-04T13:53:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-12-04T13:53:54Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1403-2465 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2077/21511 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Working Papers in Economics | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 412 | en |
dc.subject | comparative advantage | en |
dc.subject | environmental regulation | en |
dc.subject | trade | en |
dc.subject | pollution haven | en |
dc.subject | Porter hypothesis | en |
dc.title | Have Countries with Lax Environmental Regulations a Comparative Advantage in Polluting Industries? | en |
dc.type | Text | en |
dc.type.svep | report | en |