Effects of the export product quality on carbon dioxide emissions: evidence from developing economies

Using the new measure of the export quality of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), this paper investigates the effects of the product quality of exports on the growth rate of the per capita carbon dioxide emissions. The paper focuses on the panel dataset of 82 developing economies for the period...

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Published in:Environmental science and pollution research international 2019-04, Vol.26 (12), p.12181-12193
Main Authors: Fang, Jianchun, Gozgor, Giray, Lu, Zhou, Wu, Wanshan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aquatic Pollution
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide emissions
data collection
Earth and Environmental Science
Economic development
Economic models
Ecotoxicology
energy
Energy consumption
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Environmental science
Exports
Growth rate
Income
Longitudinal studies
Natural resources
Per capita
Product quality
Research Article
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
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Summary:Using the new measure of the export quality of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), this paper investigates the effects of the product quality of exports on the growth rate of the per capita carbon dioxide emissions. The paper focuses on the panel dataset of 82 developing economies for the period from 1970 to 2014. Along with the index of export quality, we also consider the measures of the per capita income, per capita energy consumption, natural resource rents, and trade openness. The results indicate that there is the positive impact of the quality of exports on carbon dioxide emissions. There is also the positive relationship between the per capita income and carbon dioxide emissions. In addition, we find that the trade openness measures are positively related to carbon dioxide emissions. These results are robust to consider different income measures and to divide the developing economies, according to their income levels.
ISSN:0944-1344
1614-7499
DOI:10.1007/s11356-019-04513-7