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Title
Determinants of Trade in Recyclable Wastes between Developing and Developed Countries
Creator
Creator Name
Higashida, Keisaku Higashida, Keisaku
東田, 啓作 東田, 啓作
ヒガシダ, ケイサク ヒガシダ, ケイサク
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Kwansei Gakuin University
Creator Name
Managi, Shunsuke Managi, Shunsuke
馬奈木, 俊介 馬奈木, 俊介
マナギ, シュンスケ マナギ, シュンスケ
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Yokohama National University
Editor
Contributor Name
社会科学の高度統計・実証分析拠点構築 = Research Unit for Statistical and Empirical Analysis in Social Sciences
Key Word
trade and recycling
recyclable wastes
gravity model
JEL
F18
Q28
Abstract
This paper examines the trade volume of recyclable wastes. In particular, we analyze the trade from developed countries to developing countries. The reason is that, when a recycling process is separated from the production process of final goods or/and the consumption process, it would be located in the labor-abundant (i.e., less developed developing) countries. Then, the environmental and health problems might become serious in developing countries. The relationship between the wages and the volume of imports is our focus. We demonstrate that, the higher the wage/per capita income of a developing country, the more recyclable wastes it imports. This implies that there is no evidence for a pollution haven in the sense that the dirty recycling sectors expand in the less developed developing countries more rapidly than the more developed developing countries. Furthermore, we discuss the possibility that the trade restriction for reducing environmental damage is accompanied by a significant loss in efficiency.
Description
This version: April 2009
Publisher
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date
2009-04
Language
English(eng)
Resource Type
technical report
Version Type
VoR
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Related Title
Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series ; No. 60
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  http://gcoe.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/english/index.html
Number of Pages
24
Sponsorship
グローバルCOEプログラム = Global COE Program
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Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10086/17313