全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Do environmental provisions in trade agreements make exports from developing countries greener?

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来源类型	Article and other Publication
规范类型	其他
DOI	10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.104899
	Do environmental provisions in trade agreements make exports from developing countries greener?
	Brandi, Clara; Jakob Schwab; Axel Berger; Jean-Frédéric Morin
出版年	2020
摘要	Environmental provisions in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) are increasing in terms of their number and variety. The economic effects of these environmental provisions remain largely unclear. It is, therefore, necessary to determine whether the trend to incorporate environmental provisions in PTAs counteracts the goal to spur economic development through trade via these PTAs. This is the first article in which the trade effects of environmental provisions in PTAs are thoroughly investigated. The spotlight is put on developing countries for which the assumed trade-off between economic development and environmental protection is particularly acute. This article buses a new fine-grained dataset on a broad range of environmental provisions in 680 PTAs, combined with a panel of worldwide bilateral trade flows from 1984 to 2016. We show that environmental provisions can help reduce dirty exports and increase green exports from developing countries. This effect is particularly pronounced in developing countries with stringent environmental regulations. By investigating how environmental provisions in PTAs affect trade flows, this article contributes to the literature on the following topics: international trade and the environment; design and impacts of trade agreements; and greening the economy in developing countries. It also shows that the design of trade agreements matters. Environmental provisions can be used as targeted policy tools to promote the green transformation and to leverage synergies between the economic and environmental effects of including environmental provisions in trade agreements.
URL	https://www.die-gdi.de/en/others-publications/article/do-environmental-provisions-in-trade-agreements-make-exports-from-developing-countries-greener/
来源智库	German Development Institute (Germany)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/499606
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Brandi, Clara,Jakob Schwab,Axel Berger,et al. Do environmental provisions in trade agreements make exports from developing countries greener?.