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Environmental regulation, trade openness and polluting emissions: City-level empirical evidence from China

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  • Fangjing Hao
  • Hui Wu
  • Junxian Liu
  • Yufei Chen

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This study investigates the relationship among environmental regulation, trade openness, and pollution emissions using a two-way fixed and mediating effect model based on the panel data of 283 prefecture-level cities obtained from 2005 to 2019. The results reveal that trade openness has a significant impact on the production of polluting emissions. Environmental regulation policies can effectively reduce the adverse impact of trade openness on polluting emissions. By further investigating the intermediate mechanism, it is found that the environmental regulation policies negatively regulate the trade openness and polluting emissions, mainly by promoting industrial upgrading.

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  • Fangjing Hao & Hui Wu & Junxian Liu & Yufei Chen, 2023. "Environmental regulation, trade openness and polluting emissions: City-level empirical evidence from China," The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(3), pages 494-507, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jitecd:v:32:y:2023:i:3:p:494-507
    DOI: 10.1080/09638199.2022.2121847
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    1. Xianwang Lv & Yingming Zhu & Jiazhen Du, 2024. "Can Regional Integration Policies Enhance the Win–Win Situation of Economic Growth and Environmental Protection? New Evidence for Achieving Carbon Neutrality Goals," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(4), pages 1-22, February.

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