October 16 | 2pm | Sage 5101
This paper analyzes the effect of rising international competition on pollution emissions from U.S. manufacturing facilities. We first show that regions of the U.S. more exposed to increased Chinese imports during the period 1990 to 2014 also saw large increases in air quality. We then show that this decline in emissions occurred primarily on the extensive margin: increased foreign competition led to a disproportionately high rate of exit of dirty production, both within more affected industries and across more exposed regions.
October 28 |