Revisiting the environmental kuznets curve hypothesis in 208 counties: The roles of trade openness, human capital, renewable energy and natural resource rent

Wang, Qiang; Zhang, Fuyu; Li, Rongrong

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2022.114637

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“…Indeed, many scholars have discussed the impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic on the shipping industry ( Pan et al, 2022 ; Xu et al, 2022c ; Zhou et al, 2022 , Zhou et al, 2022 , Zhou et al, 2022 ). However, the previous researchers focused on the shock of the COVID-19 epidemic on the port performance and shipping network, which can be thought to be the important factors of long-term trend in carbon emission from vessel-source pollution ( Xu et al, 2021c ; Bandyopadhyay and Bhatnagar, 2023 ; Wang et al, 2022 , Wang et al, 2022a , Wang et al, 2022b ; Zhou et al, 2022 , Zhou et al, 2022 , Zhou et al, 2022 ; Chen et al, 2022c ). On this basis, there existed a discussion on carbon emissions in Western Singapore caused by marine traffic during the COVID-19 epidemic ( Ju and Hargreaves, 2021 ).…”

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“…Although the effect of post-epidemic period on carbon emission from international shipping has been significantly less obvious that of the early period, yet few literature explored the changes of carbon emission at the different stages. Specially, many scholars have used panel data to study and analyze the influencing factors of carbon emissions ( Wang et al, 2022a ; Wang et al, 2022b ; Wang et al, 2023 ; Li et al, 2021 ; Li et al, 2022 ).…”

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“…Carbon emissions are the main factor in environmental degradation (Khan et al, 2021). Some studies focused on the impact of trade on carbon emissions from a range of perspectives, such as the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis (Wang et al, 2023a), trade structure (Li et al, 2021), and decoupling (Wang et al, 2023b). Many studies seek to assess the impact of international trade on a country's direct emissions by calculating carbon transfers, also known as the balance of embodied emissions in trade (Hertwich and Peters, 2009;Peters et al, 2011;Jakob and Marschinski, 2013;Jiang et al, 2016;Kanemoto et al, 2016;Dai et al, 2021).…”

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Comprehensive assessment of the environmental and employment impacts of international trade from the perspective of global value chains

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Zhang

Ning

2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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A comprehensive assessment of the environmental and employment impacts of international trade is essential for coordinating sustainable development between the economy, environment, and society. International trade is an important driving force for global economic growth. However, the environmental and social impacts of trade under global value chains (GVCs) have not yet been comprehensively characterized. This study aims to estimate the impacts of international trade from 2000–2014 on carbon emissions and employment using the gross export decomposition method, incorporating a counterfactual method based on the multi-region input–output model. We found that (1) at the global level, international trade has been conducive to carbon emission reductions since 2003 and played a role in increasing employment throughout the study period; however, the impacts of GVC-related trade have been mixed, generating global emissions savings, but leading to job losses. This implies that there is a trade-off between carbon emission reduction through GVC embedding and employment creation. (2) At the national level, a country’s participation in international trade benefits the environment, employment, or both. In this sense, international trade is no longer a zero-sum game; rather, it is likely to be a positive-sum game for all participants regarding environmental benefits and job creation. (3) In bilateral trade, developed and developing economies have positive and negative impacts, meaning that they should take joint actions to balance environment–employment–trade growth. These findings are useful for determining the responsibilities of different countries toward climate change and achieving sustainable development of the economy, society, and environment.

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“…Several authors have modelled different economic factors and observed the degree of CO 2 emissions. For example, the study in [ 37 ] considered the environmental Kuznets curve assumption for 208 counties and studied the roles of human capital, trade openness, renewable energy penetration and the natural resource rent on CO 2 emission change. Studies in [ 38 ] presented the correlation between economic progress, trade openness, and carbon emissions and established the relationship as weak decoupling.…”

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“…Similarly, [ 39 ] considered the impact of structural variations on per capita carbon emissions based on trade, energy, economy and society while putting the influences of energy intensity and economic growth. However, studies in [ 37 – 39 ] have considered decoupling at the National and international levels. However, they were not based on firm-specific for the considered economic sectors.…”

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Exploring the CO2 emissions drivers in the Nigerian manufacturing sector through decomposition analysis and the potential of carbon tax (CAT) policy on CO2 mitigation

2022

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The CO2 emissions trend and their reduction potential in the Nigerian manufacturing sector from 2010 to 2020 were studied. The Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index was applied to decompose the change in CO2 emissions into pre-set factors: carbon intensity effects, firm energy intensity effects, cost structure effects, asset-turnover effect, asset-to-equity effect, equity-funded production effect and productive capacity utilization. The results show that the change in emissions increased by $$1668\times {10}^{12}$$ 1668 × 10 12 GJ between 2010 and 2020. Energy intensity and equity-funded production were the leading drivers of increased emissions, while productive capacity utilization reduced emissions. The CO2 emissions increased throughout the study, except for a few periods. Without a carbon tax policy, the results show that firm-level drivers increased CO2 emissions in the business-as-usual scenario. However, under the 5% carbon tax (CAT) policy scenario on energy consumption, there was a reduction in CO2 emissions between 2010 and 2020. Furthermore, a CAT policy of 5% on energy consumption reduced CO2 emissions by 22%. A further implication of CAT policy, given its interaction with firm-level drivers, resulted in lowering CO2 emissions in the interactional scenario. The findings indicate productive capacity utilization, equity-funded production, and CAT impacted CO2 emissions variation.

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Revisiting the environmental kuznets curve hypothesis in 208 counties: The roles of trade openness, human capital, renewable energy and natural resource rent

Cited by 411 publications

References 95 publications

Impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic on carbon emissions from international shipping

Impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic on carbon emissions from international shipping

Comprehensive assessment of the environmental and employment impacts of international trade from the perspective of global value chains

Exploring the CO2 emissions drivers in the Nigerian manufacturing sector through decomposition analysis and the potential of carbon tax (CAT) policy on CO2 mitigation

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