How Does Trade Openness Affect Carbon Emission? New International Evidence

Q1 Social Sciences

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management Pub Date : 2022-03-31 DOI:10.1142/s1464333222500053

Yue Dou, Kangyin Dong, Qingzhe Jiang, Xiucheng Dong

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Abstract

The nexus between trade openness and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions remains unsettled in the existing literature. Using a balanced panel dataset for 76 countries from 1990 to 2019, this study empirically investigates the non-linear relationship between trade openness and CO2 emissions. Given the potential cross-sectional interdependence in the panel, we employ the system-generalised method of moments. We also conduct a mediating effect analysis to explore potential mediation effect in the trade openness-CO2 nexus. Finally, the regional heterogeneity is discussed. The empirical results revealed an inverted U-shaped relationship between trade openness and CO2 emissions, indicating that CO2 emissions increase initially with an expansion of trade openness, then decline after trade openness crossing the turning point. Furthermore, three mediation effects (i.e. scale effect, technique effect and composition effect) exist in the nexus between trade openness and CO2 emissions. Additionally, the impact of trade openness is heterogeneous across different regions. The main research results show that technique spillover is an important way to achieve a win-win situation in emission reduction and trade openness.

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贸易开放如何影响碳排放？新的国际证据

贸易开放与二氧化碳排放之间的关系在现有文献中仍然悬而未决。本研究使用1990年至2019年76个国家的平衡面板数据集，实证研究了贸易开放度与二氧化碳排放之间的非线性关系。考虑到面板中潜在的横截面相互依赖性，我们采用系统广义矩法。我们还进行了中介效应分析，以探索贸易开放-CO2关系中潜在的中介效应。最后，对区域异质性进行了讨论。实证结果表明，贸易开放度与二氧化碳排放量呈倒U型关系，表明二氧化碳排放量最初随着贸易开放度的扩大而增加，然后在贸易开放度跨过拐点后下降。此外，贸易开放与二氧化碳排放之间存在三种中介效应（即规模效应、技术效应和成分效应）。此外，贸易开放的影响在不同地区是不同的。主要研究结果表明，技术溢出是实现减排和贸易开放双赢的重要途径。

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Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development

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