Free Trade Agreements and Environmental Nexus in Pakistan

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Free Trade Agreements and Environmental Nexus in Pakistan

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Author(s): Aneel Salman , Bakhtawar Sethi , Faheem Aslam , Tahir Kahloon

Publication date (Print): 1 January 2018

Journal: Policy Perspectives: The Journal of the Institute of Policy Studies

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This study attempts to examine the relationship between Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions in Pakistan. Panel unit root, panel co-integration, and Fully Modified OLS (FMOLS) estimators were employed to investigate the existence of long-run relationship between Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Trade openness (TO) and energy consumption (EC) with CO2 emissions in Pakistan from 1980 to 2014. The results show that GDP per capita have a significant positive effect on CO2 emissions. This implies that an increase in GDP per capita increases CO2 emissions and show a scale effect. The results also indicate the existence of long run positive relationship of energy consumption on carbon emission and negative relationship with trade openness and FTA. This research is helpful for policy makers to eliminate the negative impact by adopting appropriate policy instruments and promote Pakistan's trade in the international market.

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Journal ID (doi): 10.2307/j50009730

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Title: Policy Perspectives: The Journal of the Institute of Policy Studies

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ISSN: 1812-1829

ISSN: 1812-7347

Publication date (Print): 1 January 2018

Volume: 15

Issue: 3 ( doiID: 10.13169/polipers.15.issue-3 )

Pages: 179-195

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Dr. Aneel Salman is Head of Department, Management Sciences at COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan. Bakhtawar Sethi is graduate student at COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan. Dr. Faheem Aslam is Assistant Professor at the Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan. Dr. Tahir Kahloon is Assistant Professor at the Department of Government and Public Policy, National Defence University in Islamabad, Pakistan.

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[2] Antweiler, Werner, Brian R. Copeland, and M. Scott Taylor. “Is free trade good for the environment?” American Economic Review 91, no. 4 (2001): 877-908.

[3] Bagwell, Kyle, and Robert W. Staiger. “The WTO as a mechanism for securing market access property rights: implications for global labor and environmental issues.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 15, no. 3 (2001): 69-88.

[4] Bahmani-Oskooee, Mohsen, Misbah Nosheen, and Javed Iqbal. “Third-Country Exchange Rate Volatility and Pakistan-US Trade at Commodity Level.” The International Trade Journal 31, no. 2 (2017): 105-129.

[5] Cole, Matthew A. “Trade, the pollution haven hypothesis and the environmental Kuznets curve: examining the linkages.” Ecological Economics 48, no. 1 (2004): 71-81.

[6] de Miguel, Carlos, Raúl ORyan, Mauricio Pereira, and Bruno Carriquiri. “Energy shocks, fiscal policy and CO2 emissions in Chile.” (2006).

[7] Farhani, Sahbi, and Ilhan Ozturk. “Causal relationship between CO2 emissions, real GDP, energy consumption, financial development, trade openness, and urbanization in Tunisia.” Environmental Science and Pollution Research 22, no. 20 (2015): 15663-15676.

[8] Frankel, Jeffrey A., and Andrew K. Rose. “Is trade good or bad for the environment? Sorting out the causality.” Review of Economics and Statistics 87, no. 1 (2005): 85-91.

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[11] Grossman, Gene M., and Elhanan Helpman. “Trade, knowledge spillovers, and growth.” European Economic Review 35, no. 2-3 (1991): 517-526.

[12] BANK, W. World Development Indicator, World Bank Report (2016).

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