Trade, economic growth and environment
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01/05/2012
01/05/2012
01/03/2012
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Resumo |
The literature on trade openness, economic development, and the environment is largely inconclusive about the environmental consequences of trade. This study review previous studies focusing on treating trade and income as endogenous and estimating the overall impact of trade openness on environmental quality using the instrumental variables technique. The results show that whether or not trade has a beneficial effect on the environment varies depending on the pollutant and the country. Trade is found to benefit the environment in OECD countries. It has detrimental effects, however, on sulfur dioxide (SO2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in non-OECD countries, although it does lower biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) emissions in these countries. The results also find the impact is large in the long term, after the dynamic adjustment process, although it is small in the short term. |
Identificador |
IDE Discussion Paper. No. 342. 2012.3 http://hdl.handle.net/2344/1135 IDE Discussion Paper 342 |
Idioma(s) |
en eng |
Publicador |
Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO 日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所 |
Palavras-Chave | #Developed countries #Developing countries #International trade #Environmental problems #Economic development #Trade #Environment #678 #C Developing countries 発展途上国 #D Developed countries 先進国 #G World,others #F13 - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations #F18 - Trade and Environment #L50 - General #L60 - General #O13 - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products |
Tipo |
Working Paper Technical Report |