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100 _aLevinson, Arik
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245 _aAre developed countries outsourcing pollution?
260 _aThe Journal of Economic Perspectives
300 _a37(3), Summer, 2023: p.87-110
520 _aHave rich countries improved their environments by importing polluting goods? No, the mix of goods imported has shifted towards those from cleaner industries, not dirtier. Has pollution worsened in poor countries manufacturing goods for export to rich ones? That depends. Emissions intensities for similar industries are higher in poor countries, which means that even balanced trade causes more pollution there, even for the same goods. And proportional growth in trade has increased that gap. Whether we should consider that to be "outsourcing pollution" is debatable. Have environmental regulations enacted by rich countries caused either of the first two changes? No, the evidence does not show that regulations cause outsourcing.- Reproduced https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.37.3.87
773 _aThe Journal of Economic Perspectives
906 _aPOLLUTION
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