Inter-Industrial Trade on Iran’s Air Pollution

The related issues to trade liberalization and its impact on the environmental quality have become important since late 1996. The previous studies have shown that there has not been consensus among the economists in this field. Paper is analyzing the effect of inter-industrial trade on the Iran’s air pollution. Also in this paper, the pollution haven hypothesis is tested in Iran. To study the effect of inter-industrial trade on the environment in two ways: 1) direct effect on the environment and 2) an indirect effect through growth and the effect of growth on the environment were examined. The model has been estimated by using the panel data method for Iran’s various industrial sectors over 1980-2014. The results show that inter-industrial trade has positive effect on Iran’s air pollution. Also, pollution haven hypothesis is valid in Iran.

What Is the Role of FDI in Environmental Pollution？---Evidence ti＇om China

This paper analyzes the distribution patterns and spatial dynamic transitions of foreign direct investment （FDI） and pollution from 2000 to 2009 in China＇s provinces by using the comprehensive pollution index （CEPI） and exploratory spatial data analysis. Findings suggest that FDI as well as environmental pollution in our provinces exists an obvious spatial autocorrelation, both of them have remarkable characteristics of path dependence and form different accumulation areas. Currently, the accumulations of highlevel FDI correspond to low-level environmental pollution, while the accumulations of low-level FDI are associated with high-level environmental pollution. Furthermore, the authors have empirically analyzed the impact of FDI on China＇s environmental pollution by spatial error model （SEM） and spatial lag model （SLM） respeetively. Findings suggest that the geographical clustering of FDI has a positive impact on China＇s environment, in general, ＂Pollution Haven Hypothesis＂ is invalid in China. In addition, there are remarkable differences in the impact of FDI on environmental pollution due to different sources, the foreign capital from offshore financial centers has significantly alleviated pollution in China while that from developed countries in East Asia and the West has played an insignificant role in environmental pollution.

An empirical analysis on the impact of environmental regulations on pork trade:evidence from China

This paper uses the gravity model to examine the effect of environmental regulations on pork trade flows between different regions within China.We apply a linear programming tool to estimate pork trade flows from 2000 to 2008,and discuss the environmental acts on livestock pollution and income level to proxy environmental regulations.We use OLS regression and panel data with dummy variable in the cross-sectional GLS estimation.Our results indicate that the gap of environmental regulations between trade partners has a positive relationship with pork trade flows,and the difference in environmental regulations changes the traditional comparative advantage pattern to some extent.This paper provides convincing evidence for the pollution haven effect on livestock in China.

Heterogeneous impacts of GVCs participation on CO_(2) intensity:Evidence from developed and developing countries/regions

The deepening of global value chains(GVCs)has made remarkable impacts on the environmental outcomes of all countries/regions.What are the differences in environmental burden undertaken by countries/regions at different stages of economic development are a question worthy inquiry.This study compares the impacts of GVCs participation degree on CO_(2) intensity between developed and developing countries/regions.Using panel data of 19 manufacturing industries in 43 countries/regions over the period of 2000-2014,it is discovered that the deeper participation in GVCs of developed countries/regions significantly reduces their CO_(2) intensity,while the more participation in GVCs of developing countries/regions significantly increases their CO_(2) intensity.Additionally,the quantile regression results reveal that the reduction of CO_(2) intensity is increasing for industries with higher initial CO_(2) intensity for developed countries/regions,whereas for developing countries/regions,only industries with initial low CO_(2) intensity experience significant increases in CO_(2) intensity.We further analyzed the effect of GVCs participation degree on CO_(2) intensity for high-tech and low-tech industries and discovered that the effect is only significant in low-tech industries.These findings provide empirical evidence for the pollution haven hypothesis and offer enlightenment to formulate future trade and environmental policies.