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How does trade impact the environment?
A thread collecting papers that address this question. Emphasis on research using causal inference methods.
Please let me know what papers should be included!
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A thread collecting papers that address this question. Emphasis on research using causal inference methods.
Please let me know what papers should be included!
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Is trade good or bad for the environment? Sorting out the causality, by Frankel & Rose
Geographical determinants of trade used as instrumental variables.
Trade reduces three measures of air pollution (S02, N02, particulate matter).
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/40042924.pdf
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Geographical determinants of trade used as instrumental variables.
Trade reduces three measures of air pollution (S02, N02, particulate matter).
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/40042924.pdf
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An *essential* book on this topic!
Trade and the environment: Theory and evidence, by Copeland and Taylor
Theoretical framework for the impact of trade on pollution. Validates with air pollution data.
Free trade reduces air pollution.
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691124001/trade-and-the-environment
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![An *essential* book on this topic! Trade and the environment: Theory and evidence, by Copeland and TaylorTheoretical framework for the impact of trade on pollution. Validates with air pollution data. Free trade reduces air pollution. https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691124001/trade-and-the-environment[THREAD]3/n](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EyZLnZuXMAI2v_Q.jpg "An *essential* book on this topic! Trade and the environment: Theory and evidence, by Copeland and TaylorTheoretical framework for the impact of trade on pollution. Validates with air pollution data. Free trade reduces air pollution. https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691124001/trade-and-the-environment[THREAD]3/n")
Trade and the environment: Theory and evidence, by Copeland and Taylor
Theoretical framework for the impact of trade on pollution. Validates with air pollution data.
Free trade reduces air pollution.
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691124001/trade-and-the-environment
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We developed a theoretical model of water and trade. @JeffReimer9 @g_dibaldassarre
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0309170815300117
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![We developed a theoretical model of water and trade. @JeffReimer9 @g_dibaldassarre https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0309170815300117[THREAD]4/n](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EyZmc7xXIAIcFri.png "We developed a theoretical model of water and trade. @JeffReimer9 @g_dibaldassarre https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0309170815300117[THREAD]4/n")
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0309170815300117
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Does trade impact water use?
We used instrumental variables to answer this. Does not impact industrial water use.
A one percentage point increase in trade -> 5.2% decrease in agricultural water withdrawals, through intensive margin.
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2017WR021102
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We used instrumental variables to answer this. Does not impact industrial water use.
A one percentage point increase in trade -> 5.2% decrease in agricultural water withdrawals, through intensive margin.
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2017WR021102
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Does trade impact nutrient use?
(water quality implications)
We used instrumental variables to evaluate the impact of trade on nutrient use.
Trade does not significantly impact nutrient use.
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aaebcb
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(water quality implications)
We used instrumental variables to evaluate the impact of trade on nutrient use.
Trade does not significantly impact nutrient use.
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aaebcb
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Assessing the effectiveness of environmental provisions in Regional Trade Agreements.
Membership in RTAs, either with or without environmental provisions, is associated with improved air quality.
Suggested by @GGruere
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/assessing-the-effectiveness-of-environmental-provisions-in-regional-trade-agreements_5ffc615c-en
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Membership in RTAs, either with or without environmental provisions, is associated with improved air quality.
Suggested by @GGruere
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/assessing-the-effectiveness-of-environmental-provisions-in-regional-trade-agreements_5ffc615c-en
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Impacts of international trade on global sustainable development, @YingjieScience @ZhenciX @tdietzvt
@LuvenWan
Trade improves SDG in developed countries; reduces in developing countries
*resource accounting methods with a counterfactual
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-0572-z
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@LuvenWan
Trade improves SDG in developed countries; reduces in developing countries
*resource accounting methods with a counterfactual
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-0572-z
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The effects of international trade on water use
Instrumental variables used to show that trade reduces total water use through technique and composition effects.
A 1% increase in trade reduces water withdrawals by 1.0–1.5%.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0132133
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Instrumental variables used to show that trade reduces total water use through technique and composition effects.
A 1% increase in trade reduces water withdrawals by 1.0–1.5%.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0132133
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