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Flip side of the pollution haven: do export destinations matter?

Year: 2011

Type: report

Abstract: This paper looks at a reverse side of the pollution haven argument by answering a question on whether environmental regulations of the destination, rather than source countries play a role. The study utilises a firm-level dataset with aggregate export destinations of Europe and rest of the world (ROW) to establish whether a firm adjusts its energy use in response to a decision to start exporting to a more (Europe) or a less (ROW) regulated destination. Although on average, no energy adjustments are found for these destinations, focusing on the most polluting industries or the most energy-intensive firms reveals that firms' decision to start exporting to Europe brings about significant energy improvements, unlike a decision to start exporting to the ROW. Further estimations suggest that no adjustments found for firms exporting to the ROW are consistent with exporting to non-OECD region.

Source: Arrow@dit (Dublin Institute of Technology)

Author: Svetlana Batrakova

Language: English

Topic: Energy, Environment, Economic Growth

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Climate action

Open Access status: green

Funders: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Irish Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W2115763882

Cites: 33

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10