Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/252345 
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Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-1283
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
Analyses that examine the role of international standards on export performance has been concentrated on quality certifications. Very little is known about the impact of environmental certifications on exports. In this paper we employ firm-level data from Ecuador to assess the impact of the ISO 14001 environmental certification on export outcomes. The results show that holding an ISO 14001 increases the likelihood of becoming an exporter by 0.31 percentage points (equivalent to 4%), and that this positive effect is concentrated among large firms. We did not find evidence that the environmental certification has a causal impact on the level or the growth rate of exports. Consequently, the results suggest that the ISO 14001 certification is most useful in reducing information frictions, allowing firms to initiate export transactions.
Subjects: 
Exports
environmental standards
JEL: 
F14
F18
Q56
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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