Trade liberalization and trade performance of environmental goods: evidence from Asia-Pacific economic cooperation members

Qi He, Hong Fang, Miao Wang () and Bo Peng

Applied Economics, 2015, vol. 47, issue 29, 3021-3039

Abstract: In this article, we study the impact of trade liberalization, including reductions in both tariff and nontariff trade barriers, on environmental goods (EGs) exports. Using bilateral trade data from 20 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation members, we find that tariff reduction in an exporting country has a larger positive impact on its exports of EGs than tariff reduction in an importing country. Our results also show that a lower nontariff barrier in an importing country increases its imports of EGs. A considerable amount of heterogeneity also exists in subsample results based on countries' income levels.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2015.1011319

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