Zhao Chen: Although the effect of trade liberalization on export in Asia is widely investigated, this paper asks a more specific research question, which is, what is the effect of trade liberalization on export of energy and environmental goods and services. The focus of this paper is policy-relevant, where the contribution of different factors on export of energy and environmental goods and services is investigated. The authors built a framework where those factors are grouped into home country factors, foreign country factors, natural factors, and mutual interest factors. Within this framework, institutional factors from both home country and foreign countries could well be addressed if required data are available.
Because governments in the Asian region are active in promoting the production and use of low carbon technologies, this study is quite helpful for policymakers to think about the relative importance of different factors that increase energy and environmental goods and...