Energy Efficiency And Exporting: Evidence From Firm-Level Data

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Jayjit Roy Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Creator)
Institution
Appalachian State University (ASU )
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Abstract: While exporting firms and non-exporters have been compared across several dimensions, empirical comparisons on the basis of environmental performance are relatively few. Moreover, analyzing the environmental implications of firm-level exports is not trivial due to non-random selection into exporting. In this light, we examine the impact of exporting on firms' energy efficiency by resorting to an instrumental variables strategy based on a differencing approach (Pitt and Rosenzweig, 1990). Utilizing data from Indonesia, we find (i) exporting to reduce the use of fuels (relative to electricity) and (ii) concerns over endogeneity of exporting status to be relevant.

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Publication
Roy, J. and M. Yasar (2015). "Energy efficiency and exporting: Evidence from firm-level data." Energy Economics 52: 127-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2015.09.013. Publisher version of record available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988315002832
Language: English
Date: 2015
Keywords
Exporting, Environment, Energy, Instrumental variables

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