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Strategic environmental aid and trade
Yoon, Sang Won - 2021
The paper examines the determinants of environmental aid, using an empirically testable multilateral framework in which both donors and recipient countries compete in world export markets. Potential donors tend to behave strategically, weighing environmental benefits against the economic costs...
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International Environmental Law and the Global South - Introduction
Gonzalez, Carmen G.; Atapattu, Sumudu - 2015
The unprecedented degradation of the planet’s vital ecosystems is among the most pressing issues confronting the international community. Despite the proliferation of legal instruments to combat environmental problems, conflicts between rich and poor nations (the North-South divide) have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014133757
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Do economic, financial and institutional developments matter for environmental degradation? : evidence from transitional economies
Tamazian, Artur; Bhaskara Rao, Buddhavarapu - 2009
Several studies have examined the relationship between environmental degradation and economic growth. However, most of them did not take into account financial developments and institutional quality. Moreover, Stern (2004) noted that there are important econometric weaknesses in the earlier...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011523651
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Structural disparities in carbon dioxide consumption and trade in the world economy
Ederer, Stefan; Weingärtner, Stefan - 2014
they externalise pollution to less developed countries. This paper offers a way to quantify climate responsibility by … value chain shifts. Footprint growth in the center is strongly linked to additional pollution and technical development in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010426553
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Environmental Kuznets Curves for Air Pollution in African and Developed Countries : Exploring Turning Point Incomes and the Role of Democracy
Sulemana, Iddisah - 2016
environmental pollution. Scholars have estimated turning point incomes for various pollutants within and across countries. However … countries. In particular, the relationship between economic growth and air pollution in Africa remains largely unexplored. In … countries. Further, our examination of the effect of democracy on air pollution reveals an insignificant effect for CO2 for both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983525
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The Implications of International Trade on the Environmental Kuznets Curve
Haller, Bastien - 2014
The majority of the studies on the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) consider production-based indicators for environmental quality, in this way they ignore the consequences of international trade. This study applies methods of input-output analysis to obtain CO2 consumption-based indicators to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043897
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Political-economic correlates of environmental policy
Kammerlander, Andreas; Schulze, Günther G. - 2020
Does globalization lead to environmental degradation? What is the role of democracy for environmental performance and do left-wing governments really care more about the environment? Using a comprehensive measure of environmental performance, we test these three hypotheses for a panel of 134...
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Re-Exploring the Trade and Environment Nexus Through the Diffusion of Pollution
Aklin, Michaël - 2015
Some scholars argue that trade liberalization results in the 'outsourcing' of pollution to pollution havens, and this … liberalization effectively lessens pollution by allowing a more efficient use of resources and the diffusion of clean technologies … literature and estimate a spatial regression model where trade operates as the mechanism through which pollution shifts from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014184071
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Assessing the role of foreign direct investment in environmental sustainability : a spatial semiparametric panel approach
Xie, Qichang; Yan, Yingkun; Wang, Xu - In: Economic change & restructuring 56 (2023) 2, pp. 1263-1295
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Income elasticity for animal-based protein and food supply
Kmetʹková, Diana; Ščasný, Milan - 2022
Dietary choices are one of the main causes of mortality and environmental degradation. Plant-based diets, in comparison to diets rich in animal products, are considered to be more sustainable because they use fewer natural resources and come with a lower environmental burden, resulting in lower...
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