The Empirical Analysis on Environmental Effects Caused by China Foreign Trade

Authors

  • Zhao Difei
  • Zheng Weiteng

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24212/2179-3565.2012v3i3p53-63

Keywords:

Foreign trade, Environmental effects, Scale effect, Technology effect, Structural effect

Abstract

Since reform and opening up, as an important factor of economic growth, trade has promoted the development of China’s economy sharply, at the same time, it brought about the destruction of the ecological environment which is the focus of academic debate. There is still not any definite conclusion about the impact of trade on the environment. In this paper, by establishing a measurement model, we calculate the environmental effects of trade from scale, technology and structure three aspects, conclusion shows that the structure effect and technology effect of liberalization of trade will improve the level of China’s environment, but the scale effect of trade while promoting economic expansion will cause environmental damage

Author Biographies

Zhao Difei

School of Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, P.R.China,350002

Zheng Weiteng

Team of NBS, Quanzhou Survey, Quanzhou, P.R.China,362000

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Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012)

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