October 2015
Beginner to intermediate
510 pages
17h 34m
English
Using cross-sectional panel data, for 23 European Union members and the United States over the 1995–2010 time period, we show robust empirical evidence of a positive effect of trade liberalization, such as the implementation of Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA), on carbon dioxides and nitrogen oxides per capita emissions. We provide statistically significant evidence of an inverted U-shaped curve between per capita income and greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions per capita. We find a negative ...