@article{Yang:176181,
      recid = {176181},
      author = {Yang, Tsung Yu},
      title = {Environmental Regulation and Competitiveness:  Evidence  from Trade and Production in the Manufacturing Sector},
      address = {2014-07},
      number = {329-2016-12983},
      pages = {36},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {Previous empirical studies of the pollution haven  hypothesis (PHH) have not reached a consistent 
conclusion.  The existing literature is primarily based on anecdotes and  scattered case studies. This 
study analyzes the trade  flows and composition change of the most polluting  industries in 
manufacturing sectors among countries in  order to offer a more general conclusion. This study finds  
that stricter environmental regulation stringency  decreases the net export and production share of the 
most  polluting production, which provides the evidence for  pollution haven effect (PHE). However, we 
find no evidence  to support PHH. Contrary, we find stricter environmental  regulation stringency 
corresponds to larger net export and  polluting production as trade openness increases. We also  find that 
the ability to innovate in environmental-related  technology creates a comparative advantage in 
polluting  production. This finding implies that governments do not  have to constrain their policies on 
the tradeoff between  pollution control and international competitiveness since  the innovative ability 
may both obtain the goals of  pollution control and strengthening international  competitiveness.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/176181},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.176181},
}