We review recent research linking international trade to the environment, with a focus on
new results and methods. The review is given structure by a novel decomposition linking …

In recent years, a great deal of research has analyzed the impact of trade openness on the
environment, with the aim of determining whether internationalization contributes to the …

This paper proposes a detailed mechanism for why exporting firms may have a lower
emission intensity when emissions are subject to an environmental tax. This mechanism of …

This paper analyzes the link between joining global value chains (GVCs) and firms'
environmental performance. Based on new survey data for firms in countries in Central Asia …

We measure renewable energy intensity and examine its impact on export performance of
Indian manufacturing firms from six industries over the panel period 2011–2021. Contrary to …

This paper studies the firm‐level relationship among productivity, decision to export, and
environmental performance. The emerging theoretical and empirical literature suggests that …

This paper documents a relationship between international trade and environmental
performance at the plant level. Using a panel of establishment‐level data from 1990–2006, I …

This paper analyses whether exporting firms are less CO 2 emission-intensive than non-
exporting competitors. It exploits a novel and unique dataset for Germany, a major exporting …

The world is facing serious environmental problems. Some are local or confined within
countries or regions, such as poor urban air quality in rapidly growing economies, or poor …

In this paper, we derive a new effect of trade liberalization on the quality of the environment.
We show that in the presence of heterogeneous firms, the aggregate volume of emissions is …