How does Japanese compliance with the Kyoto Protocol affect environmental productivity in China and Japan?

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Abstract

The present paper empirically investigates whether competitive pressures and Japanese compliance with the Kyoto Protocol will turn China into a pollution haven. We also analyze how the bilateral division of commodity production stimulates eco-efficiencies (i.e. environmental productivities) in Japan and China and how eco-efficiencies in the respective countries affect each other. Empirical results revealed that competitive pressure and Japanese compliance with the Kyoto Protocol did not contribute to turning China into a pollution haven. We also find that if we focus on national eco-efficiencies, China and Japan are unable to develop a mutually beneficial relationship between the eco-efficiencies in both countries.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)173-188
Number of pages16
JournalStructural Change and Economic Dynamics
Volume19
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2008

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Economics and Econometrics

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