Revisited Globalization’s Impact on Total Environment: Evidence Based on Overall Environmental Performance Index

Quan-Jing Wang, Yong Geng and Xi-Qiang Xia
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Quan-Jing Wang: School of Business, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Yong Geng: School of Environment and Science Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China
Xi-Qiang Xia: School of Business, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 21, 1-16

Abstract: This study aims to examine the impact of globalization on environmental performance by employing panel data for 148 countries from 2001 to 2018, via the indicator of Environmental Performance Index to capture the overall environmental quality and KOF index to measure the multi dimensions of globalization. The empirical results suggest that globalization is critical to environmental performance, which is reliable while we conduct several robustness tests. Furthermore, if globalization increases, it would be beneficial for the environmental performance; moreover, among specific dimensions of globalization, economic globalization, social globalization and political globalization would bring about better environmental performance. Besides, the improvement of globalization, social globalization and political globalization would bring about better environmental performance, while that of economic globalization cannot change the overall environmental performance. Our study offers more insight into the relationship between globalization and environmental performance.

Keywords: globalization; environmental performance; slowing globalization; GMM estimation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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