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The role of female population, urbanization and trade openness in sustainable environment : the case of carbon dioxide emissions in Ghana

Marfo, Emmanuel Opoku; Kwakwa, Paul Adjei; Aboagye, Solomon - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-19

Sustainable environment offers many benefits to individuals and societies. As a result, the agenda to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in order to mitigate climate change remains a global concern. Researchers, policymakers and governments have shown interest in this regard. Empirical studies on...

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Trade, poverty eradication, and the sustainable development goals

Brambilla, Irene; Porto, Guido G. - 2016

This paper investigates if trade can help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of poverty eradication using microeconomic and macroeconomic mechanisms and the effects of trade and trade policy on consumer prices, producer prices, and wages. As these mechanisms affect the real...

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Globalization and environment in India

Marjit, Sugata; Yu, Eden Siu-hung - 2018

India embarked on a path of liberal economic reform in the 1990s after years of nurturing an intensively regulated and … reform were trade and foreign investment. India has felt the impact of globalization through increased prosperity, partly … of international trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) on climate change with special reference to India's economy …

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The Environmental Justice Implications of Biofuels

Gonzalez, Carmen G. - 2016

Analyses of the viability of biofuels as alternatives to fossil fuels have often adopted a technocratic approach that focuses on environmental consequences, but places less emphasis on the impact that biofuels may have on vulnerable populations. This Article fills the gap in the existing...

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Deconstructing the Mythology of Free Trade : Critical Reflections on Comparative Advantage

Gonzalez, Carmen G. - 2011

The theory of comparative advantage serves as the theoretical justification for the neoliberal economic reforms promoted by the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and multilateral and regional free trade agreements. This article employs insights from both neoclassical and heterodox...

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Trade Liberalization, Food Security and the Environment : The Neoliberal Threat to Sustainable Rural Development

Gonzalez, Carmen G. - 2011

This article examines the historic and contemporary roots of chronic malnutrition and environmental degradation in the developing world. It chronicles the patterns of trade and production that contribute to this problem from the colonial period until the present, and analyzes the role of...

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The impact of trade and trade policy on the environment and the climate : a review

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Peterson, Sonja; Wanner, Joschka - 2022

While international trade can offer gains from specialization and access to a wider range of products, it is also closely interlinked with global environmental problems, above all, anthropogenic climate change. This survey provides a structured overview of the economic literature on the...

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Does lax environmental regulation attract FDI when accounting for "third-country" effects?

Kukenova, Madina; Monteiro, José-Antonio - 2008 - This draft: August 2008

This paper investigates if differences in environmental regulations can influence FDI flows in a multi-country setting taking into account the so-called "third-country" effects. We examine bilateral FDI flows using a new extended OECD investment database which covers great number of host...

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Carbon tariffs : an analysis of the trade, welfare and emission effects

Larch, Mario; Wanner, Joschka - 2014

Carbon tariffs are one prominently discussed environmental policy. The proponents stress the carbon tariffs' ability to mitigate the potential negative effect of environmental-friendly production on competitiveness, to avoid carbon leakage and to reduce world carbon emissions. We analyze the...

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Trends in policy indicators on trade and environment

Garsous, Grégoire - 2019

Addressing the relationship between domestic environmental regulations and international trade policies is essential to better understand the need for consistency and complementarity between these areas. The set of trade and environment indicators developed by the OECD aims to provide insights...

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