Author(s)

Haifeng Chou and Qi Wang

Corresponding Author

Qi Wang

Abstract

This paper attempts to empirical analyze the environmental impacts of Global Value Chains (GVC) based on the scale, technique and composition effects according to the mechanism of environmental caused by trade. Through using panel-data model of China’s industrial data, this paper analyzes the size and the direction of different effects of GVC on environment. And the conclusion shows that GVC has negative effects both on technique and composition, but has positive scale effect. On the whole, environmental effect caused by trade has a negative effect. The effective channel of achieving the positive effect of GVC includes guiding industrial arrangement rationally, bringing technological progress and technological diffusion into play fully and enhancing environmental regulation powerfully.

Keywords

Global Value Chains; Scale effect; Technique effect; Composition effect