There has been renewed emphasis in the recent trade policy debate on the potential positive impact of diversification of the product composition on export expansion. However, the standard trade theory predicts that export success depends on pursuing comparative advantages rather than...

This study complements existing literature by examining the short-run heterogeneous and longrun homogeneous impacts of foreign direct investment (FDI) and international trade on ecological footprints in 37 African countries for the period 1990 to 2019. Utilizing the pooled mean group estimator,...