Can Regional Trade Agreements drive stronger Biodiversity Policies ?

Estelle Gozlan () and Julie Lochard ()
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Estelle Gozlan: UMR PSAE - Paris-Saclay Applied Economics - AgroParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
Julie Lochard: ERUDITE - Equipe de Recherche sur l’Utilisation des Données Individuelles en lien avec la Théorie Economique - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 - Université Gustave Eiffel

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Abstract: This paper aims to provide novel evidence on the interaction between trade agreements and their environmental clauses with biodiversity conservation policies. Using a difference-in-differences approach on a large sample of 211 countries over the period 2000-2021, we evaluate the effects of environmental provisions in Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) on the extent of terrestrial and marine protected areas in sig- natory countries. We find that countries signing an RTA with specific biodiversity provisions increase the coverage of their terrestrial protected areas, while there is no significant effect on marine protected areas. These effects appear mostly in the short run and on the extensive margin.

Keywords: Trade agreements; Biodiversity; Protected Areas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-06-02
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Published in AFSE Annual Congress, Jun 2025, Paris-Saclay, France

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