CETA and Air Pollution

Qirjo, Dhimitri; Pascalau, Razvan; Krichevskiy, Dmitriy

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3583045

Cited by 3 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…10) In addition, using the same empirical specifications and models, but a dataset that contains the 28 EU members and Canada during the 1990-2016 time period, Qirjo et al (2019), , and investigate the existence of the EKC and find no evidence in its support for per capita emissions of GHGs and CO2.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This could be because CO 2 accounts for approximately 75% of all GHGs, and the former pollutant may drive the result of the latter. Other empirical studies have shown this to be the case: for example, Qirjo, Pascalau, and Krichevskiy (2019), Qirjo, Pascalau, and Krichevskiy (2020) and Qirjo, Pascalau, and Krichevskiy (2021) have shown that the implementation of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (a free trade agreement between Canada and the EU) could help decrease per capita emissions of GHGs and CO 2 , respectively, but increase per capita emissions of fluorinated gases (F-gases).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, and Environmental Consequences

Qirjo

Pascalau

Christopherson

2021

Journal of Economic Integration

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

We empirically investigate the effect of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on the per capita emissions of eight air pollutants and municipal waste. By introducing the same explanatory variables and applying the same empirical strategy and methodologies as in Qirjo and Pascalau (2019), we provide robust evidence suggesting that the implementation of the partnership could be beneficial to the environment because it may reduce per capita emissions of CH4, hydrofluorocarbons/ perfluorinated chemicals/ SF6, N2O, NH3, and SF6 for a typical partnership member. This result is based on statistically significant evidence showing that, on average, the pollution haven motive based on national per capita income variations is dominated by the factor endowment argument based on the Heckscher-Ohlin trade theory and the pollution haven motive originating from an inverse measurement of national population density differences. However, we also report statistically significant evidence that the implementation of the partnership could denigrate the environment by increasing per capita emissions of SO2 and municipal waste.

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

mentioning

confidence: 99%