Energy efficiency and exporting: Evidence from firm-level data
Jayjit Roy and
Mahmut Yasar
Energy Economics, 2015, vol. 52, issue PA, 127-135
Abstract:
While exporting firms and non-exporters have been compared across several dimensions, empirical comparisons on the basis of environmental performance are relatively few. Moreover, analyzing the environmental implications of firm-level exports is not trivial due to non-random selection into exporting. In this light, we examine the impact of exporting on firms' energy efficiency by resorting to an instrumental variables strategy based on a differencing approach (Pitt and Rosenzweig, 1990). Utilizing data from Indonesia, we find (i) exporting to reduce the use of fuels (relative to electricity) and (ii) concerns over endogeneity of exporting status to be relevant.
Keywords: Exporting; Environment; Energy; Instrumental variables (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C26 F18 F23 Q41 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2015.09.013
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