Does International Economic Integration Lead to a Cleaner Production in China?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lin, Liguo; Moon, Jon J.; Yin, Haitao
• 署名单位: Shanghai University of Finance & Economics; Korea University; Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• 刊物名称: PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1059-1478
• DOI: 10.1111/poms.12087
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 525-536
• 关键词: Trade-Up Hypothesis; Pollution Haven Hypothesis; International integration; environment; CHINA

摘要

In contrast to the Pollution Haven Hypothesis, the Trade-Up Hypothesis holds that international integration helps improve firms' environmental performance in developing countries. Using firm-level data from Shanghai, this article examines how international linkages, in the form of foreign direct investment or international trade, affect firms' environmental compliance and performance. We find that firms with international linkage via ownership exhibit better compliance with environmental regulation and emit less pollution than firms with no international linkage. We also find that firms with international linkage via market exposure are more likely to exhibit better compliance with environmental regulation than firms with no international linkage, but find no evidence that the former emit less pollution than the latter. This provides a piece of empirical evidence for the Trade-Up Hypothesis.