The Green Logistics Impact on International Trade: Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries

Dong-Fang Wang, Qian-Li Dong, Zhi-Min Peng, Syed Abdul Rehman Khan and Arthur Tarasov
Additional contact information
Dong-Fang Wang: School of Economic and Management, Chang’an University, Middle Section of South Second Ring Road, Xi’an 710064, China
Qian-Li Dong: School of Economic and Management, Chang’an University, Middle Section of South Second Ring Road, Xi’an 710064, China
Zhi-Min Peng: School of Economic and Management, Chang’an University, Middle Section of South Second Ring Road, Xi’an 710064, China
Syed Abdul Rehman Khan: School of Economic and Management, Chang’an University, Middle Section of South Second Ring Road, Xi’an 710064, China

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 7, 1-19

Abstract: Economic globalization promotes industrial division and forms a large stream of products between countries all over the world, which leads to serious environmental problems. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between green logistics and international trade. Heckman’s two-stage procedure is employed to estimate an augmented gravity model that specifically includes green logistics variables with the data of 113 countries and regions over the period between 2007–2014. The findings show that the logistics performance index (LPI) of exporting and importing countries are positively correlated with trade volume, and that the LPI of exporting countries positively affects trade probability. Taking the entire sample into account, the green logistics performance of exporting countries positively affects export probability and volume. For trade flows between developing–developing countries, developed–developed countries, and developed–developing countries, the green logistics performance of importing countries has a negative impact on the export volume of exporting countries. In terms of trade flow between developing–developed countries, the green logistics performance of importing countries has a negative impact on export probability and a positive impact on export volume. The present research results will assist governments and exporters in understanding the relationship between green logistics and international trade, and help improve their policies and green operations toward sustainable development.

Keywords: green logistics; international trade; Heckman two-stage procedure; augmented gravity model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (13)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/7/2235/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/7/2235/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:10:y:2018:i:7:p:2235-:d:155166

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().