TITLE:
Inter-Industrial Trade on Iran’s Air Pollution
AUTHORS:
Maryam Asghari, Mohamad Hosein Mohamadi
KEYWORDS:
Trade Liberalization, Environmental Quality, Pollution Haven Hypothesis, Industry
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Ecology,
Vol.6 No.6,
May
3,
2016
ABSTRACT: The related
issues to trade liberalization and its impact on the environmental quality have
become important since late 1996. The previous studies have shown that there has
not been consensus among the economists in this field. Paper is analyzing the effect
of inter-industrial trade on the Iran’s air pollution. Also in this paper, the pollution
haven hypothesis is tested in Iran. To study the effect of inter-industrial trade
on the environment in two ways: 1) direct effect on the environment and 2) an indirect
effect through growth and the effect of growth on the environment were examined.
The model has been estimated by using the panel data method for Iran’s various industrial
sectors over 1980-2014. The results show that inter-industrial trade has positive
effect on Iran’s air pollution. Also, pollution haven hypothesis is valid in Iran.