Trade in environmental goods: empirical exploration of direct and indirect effects on pollution by country’s trade status
Mardi | 2018-09-11 Salle des thèses 16h – 17h20 Natalia ZUGRAVU-SOILITA Based on panel data covering 114 countries, this study investigates the direct, indirect and total effects of trade flows in environmental goods (EGs) on total CO2 and SO2 emissions. Our multiple-equation GMM estimations reveal positive direct scale – [between-industry] composition effects prevailing on the negative direct technique – [within-industry] composition effects (if any), as well as compensating the significant indirect technique effects channelled by the stringency of environmental regulations […]