Long-run effect of international trade on the environment: a Pool Mean Group analysis of ECOWAS countries, 1970-2010

Yaya Keho ()

African Journal of Economic and Sustainable Development, 2015, vol. 4, issue 3, 211-217

Abstract: This study employs the Pool Mean Group estimator proposed by Pesaran et al. (1999) to examine the long-run impact of international trade on the environment in a panel of 11 ECOWAS countries over the period 1970-2010. The main findings of the study suggest that international trade contribute to the degradation of the environment. The results for income give support to the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis.

Keywords: CO2; carbon dioxide; carbon emissions; trade openness; pool mean group estimator; ECOWAS countries; international trade; environmental Kuznets curve; environmental impact; environmental degradation; Economic Community of West African States; Africa. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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