BETA Akademi-Social Science Research Lab (SSR Lab), Istanbul, Turkey.
FSJEG de Jendouba, Tunisia, ESCT, QUARG UR17ES26, University of Jendouba, Univ. Manouba, Campus Universitaire, 2010, Manouba, Tunisia.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Jun;29(29):44091-44102. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-18920-w. Epub 2022 Feb 5.
Environmental degradation is one of the main drivers of climate change. One of the most broadly accepted tools to minimize environmental degradation is the introduction of "green products". This paper introduces the "Green Trade Openness Index" to (a) measure the importance of green products in a region and (b) revisit the trade-environment nexus in a sample study of 31 OECD countries over the period 2007-2017. The empirical analysis confirms the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis and - more importantly - demonstrates for the first time that the presence of green products in a country's trade basket reduces that country's ecological footprint. This is essential information for practitioners and policy makers looking for a pathway to sustainable development. Finally, the novel index creates opportunities for future research, as the index can be used as explanatory variable in different research questions and fields of research.
环境恶化是气候变化的主要驱动因素之一。为了最大限度地减少环境恶化，人们广泛接受的工具之一是引入“绿色产品”。本文引入了“绿色贸易开放度指数”，（a）衡量一个地区绿色产品的重要性，（b）在对 2007-2017 年期间的 31 个经合组织国家的样本研究中重新审视贸易与环境的关系。实证分析证实了环境库兹涅茨曲线假说，更重要的是，首次证明了一国贸易篮子中绿色产品的存在会降低该国的生态足迹。对于寻求可持续发展途径的从业者和政策制定者来说，这是至关重要的信息。最后，这个新指数为未来的研究创造了机会，因为该指数可以作为不同研究问题和研究领域的解释变量。
