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To determine whether incorporating environmental provisions into preferential trade agreements affects the export composition of developing countries by promoting green exports over dirty exports.

February 18, 2020World DevelopmentOpen Access

Do environmental provisions in trade agreements make exports from developing countries greener?

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CBClara BrandiGerman Institute of Development and Sustainability JSJakob SchwabGerman Institute of Development and Sustainability ABAxel BergerGerman Institute of Development and Sustainability

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Panel study finds reduced polluting exports and increased green exports in developing countries, indicating trade policy can foster sustainable economic growth.

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To determine whether incorporating environmental provisions into preferential trade agreements affects the export composition of developing countries by promoting green exports over dirty exports.
Analyzed an extensive dataset cataloging environmental provisions across 680 preferential trade agreements.
Combined agreement provisions with a worldwide panel of bilateral trade flow data spanning from 1984 to 2016.
Environmental provisions in preferential trade agreements decrease polluting ('dirty') exports and increase environmentally friendly ('green') exports from developing countries.
The shift toward greener exports is significantly more pronounced among developing nations with stringent domestic environmental regulations.

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Brandi et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69de673f726bee048db0bff2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.104899

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Panel study finds reduced polluting exports and increased green exports in developing countries, indicating trade policy can foster sustainable economic growth.

Do environmental provisions in trade agreements make exports from developing countries greener?

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Do environmental provisions in trade agreements make exports from developing countries greener?

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