The Role of TTIP on Other than CO2 Air Pollutants

Qirjo, Dhimitri and Pascalau, Razvan (2019): The Role of TTIP on Other than CO2 Air Pollutants.

Abstract

We empirically investigate the impacts of the implementation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on per capita emissions of eight air pollutants and municipal waste. We employ the same explanatory variables and apply the same empirical strategy and methodologies as in (Qirjo and Pascalau, 2019). We provide robust evidence suggesting that the implementation of TTIP could be beneficial to the environment because it may help reduce per capita emissions of NO2 and HFCs/PFCs/SF6 in a typical TTIP member. This result is based on the statistically significant evidence showing that, on average, the pollution haven motive based on national per capita income variations is dominated by the Factor Endowment Argument based on the classical Heckscher-Ohlin trade theory and the pollution haven motive originating from an inverse measurement of national population density differences. However, we also report generally statistically significant evidence implying that the implementation of TTIP could denigrate the environment because it may help increase per capita emissions of SO2, SOx, NOx, SF6, and NH3.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Free Trade, Environmental Economics, TTIP.
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F18 - Trade and Environment; F - International Economics > F5 - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy > F53 - International Agreements and Observance ; International Organizations; F - International Economics > F6 - Economic Impacts of Globalization > F64 - Environment

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