Trade-induced environmental quality: the role of factor endowment and environmental regulation in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorTwerefou, D.K.
dc.contributor.authorAkpalu, W.
dc.contributor.authorMensah, A.C.E.
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-10T10:14:13Z
dc.date.available2019-06-10T10:14:13Z
dc.date.issued2019-01
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates whether trade liberalization affects environmental quality (proxied by CO2 emissions) and, if so, whether the trade-induced emissions originate from differences in countries’ economic growth, factor endowment or environmental regulations. We used panel data on 30 African countries and the Generalized Method of Moment estimation techniques. Though we found that trade openness is associated with elevated levels of CO2 emissions due to comparative advantage originating from factor endowment (i.e. composition effect), the overall effects of trade are seen to have some beneficial effects on environmental quality. Also, relative economic growth lowers emissions (scale effect) perhaps due to technology transfer. Furthermore, the differences in environmental regulations do not directly affect CO2 emissions while past levels of CO2 emissions significantly increase the current level due to the cumulative effect of CO2 emissions. To achieve a significant reduction in emissions, environmental regulations must be enforced in tandem with growth enhancing and production technology choice policies.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDaniel Kwabena Twerefou, Wisdom Akpalu & Angela Cindy Emefa Mensah (2019): Trade-induced environmental quality: the role of factor endowment and environmental regulation in Africa, Climate and Development, DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2018.1562868en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2018.1562868
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/30578
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherClimate and Developmenten_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental qualityen_US
dc.subjectTrade opennessen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental regulationen_US
dc.subjectFactor endowmenten_US
dc.subjectCarbon dioxideen_US
dc.titleTrade-induced environmental quality: the role of factor endowment and environmental regulation in Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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