Journal article
Impacts of export quality on environmental degradation: does income matter?
Environmental science and pollution research international, v 27(12), pp 13735-13772
01 Apr 2020
PMID: 32030594
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Abstract
International trade in connection with carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions has been well studied, but export quality in this context has not widely been considered yet. Hence, in this study, we fill this gap by exploring the effects of export quality, economic growth, urbanization, trade openness, and total energy use on CO2 emissions in 63 developed and developing countries around the world. To achieve our objectives, we have used the recent techniques of panel quantile estimators as proposed in Powell (2016) and Canay. Econ J 14 (3): 368-386, (2011), along with several other estimation methods. Our overall empirical evidence shows that the existence of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis depends heavily on the estimation method and on the development stage of the economies considered. Emissions are influenced by the same factors as in the EKC specification, as explored in sensitivity analysis. The results from the panel quantile regression model show that economic growth and total energy use are highly CO2 emissions conducive, while urbanization increases environmental degradation at the higher quantiles, as does export quality, depending on the countries' income levels. Consequently, improvements in export product quality should be prioritized through the production of cleaner products mainly in the lower and upper middle-income countries. There should also be a decrease in total energy use in countries of all income levels. Particularly, policy makers should promote a decrease in export products intensive of fossil fuel energy by prioritizing the use of more renewable energy sources.
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- Title
- Impacts of export quality on environmental degradation: does income matter?
- Creators
- Buhari Dogan - Süleyman Demirel UniversityMara Madaleno - Univ Aveiro, Res Unit Governance Competitiveness & Publ Polici, DEGEIT, Campus Univ Santiago, P-3810193 Aveiro, PortugalAviral Kumar Tiwari - RajagiriShawkat Hammoudeh - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Environmental science and pollution research international, v 27(12), pp 13735-13772
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 38
- Grant note
- UID/CPO/04058/2019 / research unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy - FCT-Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Economics (School of Economics)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000516192300002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85079153754
- Other Identifier
- 991019168081304721
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