Fending off waste from the west
The impact of China's Operation Green Fence on the international waste trade
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21543778 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adomas Balkevicius (Department of Economics Stockholm School of Economics Stockholm Sweden), Mark Sanctuary (0000-0002-4199-2400, Department of Economics Stockholm School of Economics Stockholm Sweden, corresponding author), Sigita Zvirblyte (Department of Economics Stockholm School of Economics Stockholm Sweden) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 2742-2761 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0378-5920 • E-ISSN: 1467-9701 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/twec.12949 |
| OpenAlex | W3010218019 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
China launched the first Operation Green Fence (OGF) on 1 February 2013 to fend off inflows of illegal waste. The main objective of OGF was to enforce waste trade policies already adopted by China and thereby restrict illegal waste imports. We use a gravity model of international trade with annual bilateral waste trade data at the 6‐digit HS code level to assess the impact of OGF on the international waste trade. First, we study the direct impact of OGF and find that the intervention resulted in a 26% drop in low‐quality waste exports to China from developed countries. Second, we assess the impact of OGF on exports from developed countries to developing countries, excluding China. We do not find a statistically significant effect of OGF on low‐quality waste exports from developed countries to developing countries (excluding China). We also test the waste haven hypothesis and do not find evidence that waste exports were disproportionately diverted to countries with lax environmental regulation
Bilateral trade · China · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · International economics · International trade · Natural resource economics · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Municipal Solid Waste Management · Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |