环境政策的严格性是否改善了金经济体的自然健康? 对可持续发展的影响
Mantu Kumar Mahalik1, Shreya Pal1,2, Thai-Ha Le3,4
1Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.
Environmental science and pollution research international
|November 28, 2023
概括
严格的环境政策本身并不能减少金国家的二氧化碳排放. 贸易和外国直接投资意外地增加了排放量,这表明污染避风港效应需要更严格的环境法规.
科学领域:
- 环境经济学环境经济学
- 国际贸易 国际贸易 国际贸易
- 可持续发展 可持续发展 可持续发展
背景情况:
- 环境政策的严格性通常被认为是为了减少二氧化碳排放.
- 金经济体 (巴西,俄罗斯,印度,中国,南非) 是全球重要的经济参与者.
- 在金国家中,环境政策,贸易和金融开放之间的相互作用需要经验研究.
研究的目的:
- 探讨金国家环境政策的严格性,国际贸易,金融开放性和二氧化碳排放之间的关系.
- 调查贸易和外国直接投资对环境政策有效性的抑制作用.
- 在金国家经济体内识别潜在的污染避风港效应.
主要方法:
- 对1996-2021年金国家面板数据进行计量经济学分析.
- 包括控制变量,如经济增长和技术创新.
- 测试政策和贸易变量对二氧化碳排放的直接和缓和影响.
主要成果:
- 仅仅是严格的环境政策并没有显著减少二氧化碳排放.
- 与预期相反,贸易和外国直接投资与二氧化碳排放有积极的相关性.
- 有证据表明存在"污染避风港"现象,贸易和外国直接投资可能会加剧排放.
结论:
- 金国家目前的环境政策可能不足以减轻贸易和金融一体化的排放.
- 迫切需要更强大,更创新的环境政策来抵消负面外部性.
- 在全球化时代,必须制定政策,将经济增长与环境退化脱.
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