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Technology, International Trade, and Pollution from US Manufacturing
Abstract
Pollution emitted by US manufacturers declined markedly over the past several decades, even as real manufacturing output increased. I first show that most of the decline in US manufacturing pollution has resulted from changing production processes (“technology”), rather than changes in the mix of goods produced. I then show that increased net imports of polluting goods (“international trade”) accounts for only a small portion of the pollution reductions from the changing mix of goods. Together, these two findings demonstrate that shifting polluting industries overseas explains only a minor part—less than 10 percent—of the cleanup of US manufacturing. (JEL F18, L23, L60, O30, Q52, Q53)
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- Authors
- Levinson, A.
- Venue
- American Economic Review
- Publisher
- American Economic Association
- Published
- 2009-12-01
- Volume
- 99
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 2177-2192
- ISSN
- 0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3123383080
- Cited by
- 506
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 22.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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