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Footlose and Pollution Free

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Josh Ederington, Arik Levinson & Jenny Minier () (Department of Economics, Georgetown University)

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In numerous studies, economists have found little empirical evidence that environmental regulations affect trade flows. In this paper, we propose and test several common explanations for why the effect of environmental regulations on trade may be difficult to detect. We demonstrate that while most trade occurs among industrialized economies, environmental regulations have stronger effects on trade between industrialized and developing economies. We find that for most industries, pollution abatement costs are a small component of total costs, and are unrelated to trade flows. In addition, we show that those industries with the largest pollution abatement costs also happen to be the least geographically mobile or "footloose." After accounting for these distinctions, we measure a significant effect of pollution abatement costs on imports from developing countries, and in pollution-intensive, footloose industries.

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Keywords: Trade and the environment; pollution haven; transport costs; industry mobility. preferences.;

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F1 - International Economics - - Trade
F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Country and Industry Studies of Trade
F18 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Environment

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  7. Adam B. Jaffe et al., 1995. "Environmental Regulation and the Competitiveness of U.S. Manufacturing: What Does the Evidence Tell Us?," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 33(1), pages 132-163, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Fredrik Carlsen, Bjørg Langset and Jørn Rattsø, 2005. "The relationship between firm mobility and tax level: Empirical evidence of fiscal competition between local governments," Discussion Papers 424, Research Department of Statistics Norway. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Arik Levinson & M. Scott Taylor, 2004. "Unmasking the Pollution Haven Effect," NBER Working Papers 10629, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  6. Jean-Marie GRETHER & Nicole A. MATHYS & Jaime DE MELO, 2006. "Unraveling the World-Wide Pollution Haven Effect," Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'Econométrie et d'Economie politique (DEEP) 06.04, Université de Lausanne, Faculté des HEC, DEEP. [Downloadable!]
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  7. Crespi Francesco & Costantini Valeria, 2007. "Environmental regulation and the export dynamics of energy technologies," Dipartimento di Economia "S. Cognetti de Martiis" LEI & BRICK - Laboratorio di economia dell'innovazione "Franco Momigliano", Bureau of Research in Innovation, Complexity and Knowledge, Collegio Carlo 200708, University of Turin. [Downloadable!]
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  8. Frankel, Jeffrey, 2008. "Global Environmental Policy and Global Trade Policy," Working Paper Series rwp08-058, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government. [Downloadable!]
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