A clean road to international trade: Environmental regulations and the cleanliness of export enterprises
This study explores the impact of environmental regulations on the clean product exports of firms and the mechanism of this impact from the dual perspectives of the extensive and intensive margins. It uses matched micro data and aims to explore the clean road to international trade. According to the...
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| description | This study explores the impact of environmental regulations on the clean product exports of firms and the mechanism of this impact from the dual perspectives of the extensive and intensive margins. It uses matched micro data and aims to explore the clean road to international trade. According to the benchmark regression, environmental regulations improve the export intensity of clean products. However, their impact on the export probability of clean products is not significant. That is, environmental regulations promote the intensive margin of enterprise clean product exports but do not promote the extensive margin of enterprise clean product exports. The mechanism analysis shows that the cost effect is an important way for environmental regulations to promote the cleanliness of export products. However, the channel of technological innovation is not verified. In addition, compared with command-and-control and voluntary public policy tools, market-inspired environmental regulations have a stronger promoting effect on the cleanliness of export enterprises. This study provides microevidence and a policy basis for improving the environmental policy system and for the sustainable development of international trade. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff91098516af418b805a40f8937a94e52023-12-02T07:01:23ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-11-01911e21180A clean road to international trade: Environmental regulations and the cleanliness of export enterprisesWeijian Du0Yuhuan Fan1Mengjie Li2School of Economics, Shandong Technology and Business University, Yantai, Shandong, 264005, China; School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, 100081, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Economics, Shandong Technology and Business University, Yantai, Shandong, 264005, ChinaSchool of Economics, Shandong Technology and Business University, Yantai, Shandong, 264005, China; Corresponding author.This study explores the impact of environmental regulations on the clean product exports of firms and the mechanism of this impact from the dual perspectives of the extensive and intensive margins. It uses matched micro data and aims to explore the clean road to international trade. According to the benchmark regression, environmental regulations improve the export intensity of clean products. However, their impact on the export probability of clean products is not significant. That is, environmental regulations promote the intensive margin of enterprise clean product exports but do not promote the extensive margin of enterprise clean product exports. The mechanism analysis shows that the cost effect is an important way for environmental regulations to promote the cleanliness of export products. However, the channel of technological innovation is not verified. In addition, compared with command-and-control and voluntary public policy tools, market-inspired environmental regulations have a stronger promoting effect on the cleanliness of export enterprises. This study provides microevidence and a policy basis for improving the environmental policy system and for the sustainable development of international trade.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023083883Environmental regulationsExport enterprisesClean transformationExtensive marginIntensive margin |
| spellingShingle | Weijian Du Yuhuan Fan Mengjie Li A clean road to international trade: Environmental regulations and the cleanliness of export enterprises Heliyon Environmental regulations Export enterprises Clean transformation Extensive margin Intensive margin |
| title | A clean road to international trade: Environmental regulations and the cleanliness of export enterprises |
| title_full | A clean road to international trade: Environmental regulations and the cleanliness of export enterprises |
| title_fullStr | A clean road to international trade: Environmental regulations and the cleanliness of export enterprises |
| title_full_unstemmed | A clean road to international trade: Environmental regulations and the cleanliness of export enterprises |
| title_short | A clean road to international trade: Environmental regulations and the cleanliness of export enterprises |
| title_sort | clean road to international trade environmental regulations and the cleanliness of export enterprises |
| topic | Environmental regulations Export enterprises Clean transformation Extensive margin Intensive margin |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023083883 |
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