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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2022

Does trade openness mitigate the environmental degradation in South Africa?

Maxwell Chukwudi Udeagha, Nicholas Ngepah

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Maxwell Chukwudi UdeaghaSchool of Economics, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. maxwelluc@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6143-8362
Nicholas NgepahSchool of Economics, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1947-0008

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Abstract

The debate over the role international trade plays in determining environmental outcomes has considerably generated more heat than light. Theoretical work has been successful in identifying a series of hypotheses linking openness to trade and environmental quality, but the empirical verification of these hypotheses has seriously lagged. This study revisits the dynamic relationship between trade openness and environmental quality in South Africa using time series data over the period 1960-2020. The recently developed novel dynamic autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) simulation framework has been used. The outcomes of the analysis indicate that (i) trade openness deteriorates environmental quality in the long run, although it is environmentally friendly in the short run; (ii) the scale effect increases CO

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Carbon DioxideEconomic DevelopmentCommerceInternationalitySouth AfricaCarbon DioxideCO2 emissionsCointegrationDynamic ARDL simulationsEconomic growthEKCEnergy consumptionIndustrial value-addedSouth AfricaTrade openness

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