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Trade, Emissions, and Environmental Spillover: Issue linkages in Regional Trade Agreements

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dc.contributor.authorLundberg, Clark
dc.contributor.authorSzmurlo, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorAbman, Ryan
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T20:03:15Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-06T16:42:24Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T20:03:15Z
dc.date.available2023-03-06T16:42:24Z
dc.date.issued2023-02
dc.description.abstractReducing trade barriers offers tremendous potential for economic growth and productivity gains. However, higher incomes and increased industrial output can negatively impact the environment. This paper studies the impacts of trade liberalization on the emissions of ozone depleting substances regulated under the Montreal Protocol. While freer trade might challenge the gains achieved by the Montreal Protocol by increasing domestic use of ozone depleting substances, environmental provisions in regional trade agreements linked to Montreal Protocol participation might mitigate such negative environmental outcomes. The paper provides causal evidence that signing a new regional trade agreement leads to increases in consumption of ozone depleting substances relative to Montreal Protocol targets. Environmental provisions aimed at controlling ozone depleting substances offset the increase in consumption of ozone depleting substances observed in regional trade agreements without such provisions. The findings show that the effect is rooted in preventing a “reduction in overcompliance” with the Montreal Protocol observed in regional trade agreements without provisions. The findings also show that cumulative exposure to trade agreements, especially those with ozone depleting substances provisions, increases the speed at which countries ratify the Montreal Protocol amendments.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099516402272337866/IDU0ce0d30d905c860405608abe0265634a5c22f
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/39483
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolkicy Research Working Papers;10319
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectOZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES
dc.subjectREGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT
dc.subjectTRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectMONTREAL PROTOCOL
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
dc.titleTrade, Emissions, and Environmental Spilloveren
dc.title.subtitleIssue linkages in Regional Trade Agreementsen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.date.disclosure2023-02-27
okr.date.lastmodified2023-02-27T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeWorking Papers
okr.doctypeWorking Papers::Policy Research Working Papers
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099516402272337866/IDU0ce0d30d905c860405608abe0265634a5c22f
okr.guid099516402272337866
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10319
okr.identifier.externaldocumentumIDU-ce0d30d9-5c86-4056-8abe-265634a5c22f
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34009804
okr.identifier.reportWPS10319
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099516402272337866/pdf/IDU0ce0d30d905c860405608abe0265634a5c22f.pdfen
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Economics & Policies
okr.topicEnvironment::Montreal Protocol
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade Liberalization
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade and Environment
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