Decomposing the effect of trade on environment: a case study of Pakistan

Autor: Azra Khan, Sadia Safdar, Haris Nadeem
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30:3817-3834
ISSN: 1614-7499
0944-1344
Popis: Using time-series data from 1984 to 2019, the study examines the vigorous trade-environment relation in Pakistan. Pakistan is an interesting case study in which trade liberalization has expanded economic activity while also increasing environmental pollution during the last two decades. As a result, determining whether trade and industrial operations have contributed to environmental degradation is crucial. Our first goal is to look at how trade affects the environment in terms of scale, composition, and technique. The second step is to look into the pollution haven theory. The study uses a new approach to measuring trade openness called composite trade intensity, which differs from the traditional approach. The dynamic autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) simulation framework, which was recently developed, was employed. The findings show that the scale impact raises CO
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