Trade Liberalization and Trade Performance of Environmental Goods: Evidence from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Members

Authors

Qi He, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Hong Fang, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Miao Wang, Marquette UniversityFollow
Bo Peng, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

19 p.

Publication Date

2015

Publisher

Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Source Publication

Applied Economics

Source ISSN

0003-6846

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.

Comments

Accepted version. Applied Economics, Vol. 47, No. 29 (2015): 3021-3039. DOI. © 2015 Taylor & Francis (Routledge). Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

He, Qi; Fang, Hong; Wang, Miao; and Peng, Bo, "Trade Liberalization and Trade Performance of Environmental Goods: Evidence from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Members" (2015). Economics Faculty Research and Publications. 516.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/econ_fac/516