The impact of China’s import growth on United States air quality
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2018-11
Authors
Vargas Macedo, Sebastián
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Tello, Mario D.
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Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía
Abstract
Este artículo estima los efectos de la notable alza de las importaciones chinas sobre la calidad del aire en los Estados Unidos durante el período 1990-2007. Para este fin, se estima el impacto de una medida de exposición a las importaciones ajustada por contaminación (que considera el grado relativo de contaminación asociada a cada producto) sobre la calidad del aire en condados de Estados Unidos. Esta medida se instrumenta empleando los cambios en las importaciones chinas de países de altos ingresos. Empleando una metodología de mínimos cuadrados en dos etapas encontramos que un incremento de las importaciones chinas está asociado con mejores niveles de calidad de aire en los condados presentes en la muestra.
This paper estimates the effects of the staggering rise of Chinese imports on United States counties air quality during the 1990-2007 period. For this purpose, we estimate the impact of a pollution-adjusted import exposure measure -that takes into account the relative degree of pollution associated with each product- on U.S. counties air quality. We instrument this measure using changes in Chinese imports in other high-income countries. Employing a two-stage least squares methodology, we find that the increase in Chinese imports is associated with better air quality levels in the U.S. counties present in our sample.
This paper estimates the effects of the staggering rise of Chinese imports on United States counties air quality during the 1990-2007 period. For this purpose, we estimate the impact of a pollution-adjusted import exposure measure -that takes into account the relative degree of pollution associated with each product- on U.S. counties air quality. We instrument this measure using changes in Chinese imports in other high-income countries. Employing a two-stage least squares methodology, we find that the increase in Chinese imports is associated with better air quality levels in the U.S. counties present in our sample.
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Fil: Vargas Macedo, Sebastián. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina.