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

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  • Qi He
  • Hong Fang
  • Miao Wang
  • Bo Peng

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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.

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  • Qi He & Hong Fang & Miao Wang & Bo Peng, 2015. "Trade liberalization and trade performance of environmental goods: evidence from Asia-Pacific economic cooperation members," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(29), pages 3021-3039, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:47:y:2015:i:29:p:3021-3039
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2015.1011319
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