Code for: Do Environmental Regulations Affect the Decision to Export?

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Jevan Cherniwchan, Carleton University; Nouri Najjar, Western University

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Project Citation:

Cherniwchan, Jevan, and Najjar, Nouri. Code for: Do Environmental Regulations Affect the Decision to Export? . Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-04-21. https://doi.org/10.3886/E137841V1

Project Description

Summary: This paper investigates how a common form of environmental regulation -- air quality standards -- affect exporters. We develop a simple theoretical model to show how the design of these standards causes: (i) some firms to stop exporting, and (ii) a reduction in the export volumes of affected continuing exporters. We exploit quasi-experimental variation resulting from the design of Canadian air quality standards to test these predictions empirically. Our estimates confirm our model's predictions: we find that for the most affected manufacturers, regulation reduced export volumes by 32% and increased the likelihood plants stop exporting by 5 percentage points.

This repository contains all code necessary to reproduce the paper's results.

Funding Sources: Economics and Environmental Policy Research Network; Centre for Applied Business Research in Energy and the Environment at the University of Alberta; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Environmental Regulations; Air Quality Standards; Exports

JEL Classification:
      F14 Empirical Studies of Trade
      F18 Trade and Environment
      Q56 Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
      Q58 Environmental Economics: Government Policy

Geographic Coverage: Canada

Time Period(s): 2004 – 2010

Universe: Manufacturing establishments in Canada

Data Type(s): administrative records data

Methodology

Unit(s) of Observation: Facilities

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V1 [2022-04-21]

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